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Praudhoktiḥ: Quality Statement
Thus put to shame and made responseless by the beloved
May Hari protect you all.
This verse is written in the form of a dialogue with question
and answer between Rådhã and Kṛṣṇa. It is also a fine example of
pun on the words indicated below:
(a) hariḥ: means (i) Lord Kṛṣṇa, lover of the cowherd maid-
ens and (ii) a monkdy,
(b) Kṛṣṇa: (i) an epithet of Hariḥ and (ii) black in complex-
ion,
(c) madhusudana : (i) an epithet of Kṛṣṇa who slew the
demon Madhu and (ii) a bee that collects honey from
flowers.
Definitions
यस्तु पर्यनुयोगस्य निर्भेदः क्रियते पदैः ।
विदग्घगोष्ठ्यां वाक्यैर्वा तं हि प्रश्नोत्तरं विदुः ॥ स. २.१४२
प्रश्ने यत्रोत्तरं व्यक्तं गूढं वाप्यथवोभयम् ।
प्रश्नोत्तरम् । वा. ४.१४४
यत्र प्रश्नपुरःसरमुभयोर्मिथ: समुल्लसति ।
प्रश्नोत्तरिकासंज्ञं तमलंकारं विदुर्बुधाः । ए.६८
119
tel: Prauḍhoktiḥ: Quality Statement :
prauḍha means matured, dignified, qualified, ukti is expression, state-
ment etc. Rhetorically it is Prauḍhokti where some object basically
incapable of producing some kind of speciality is conceived as pro-
ducing such speciality. But Jagannātha's conception of this figure
is slightly different. His idea of Praudhokti is as follows:
In order to signify some sort of excellence in an object a state-
ment about its association with another object having the same
kind of excellence is made in such a statement which is figuratively
known as Prauḍhokti.
It is recognised by Jayadeva, Appayya, Jagannātha and a few
others.
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Thus put to shame and made responseless by the beloved
May Hari protect you all.
This verse is written in the form of a dialogue with question
and answer between Rådhã and Kṛṣṇa. It is also a fine example of
pun on the words indicated below:
(a) hariḥ: means (i) Lord Kṛṣṇa, lover of the cowherd maid-
ens and (ii) a monkdy,
(b) Kṛṣṇa: (i) an epithet of Hariḥ and (ii) black in complex-
ion,
(c) madhusudana : (i) an epithet of Kṛṣṇa who slew the
demon Madhu and (ii) a bee that collects honey from
flowers.
Definitions
यस्तु पर्यनुयोगस्य निर्भेदः क्रियते पदैः ।
विदग्घगोष्ठ्यां वाक्यैर्वा तं हि प्रश्नोत्तरं विदुः ॥ स. २.१४२
प्रश्ने यत्रोत्तरं व्यक्तं गूढं वाप्यथवोभयम् ।
प्रश्नोत्तरम् । वा. ४.१४४
यत्र प्रश्नपुरःसरमुभयोर्मिथ: समुल्लसति ।
प्रश्नोत्तरिकासंज्ञं तमलंकारं विदुर्बुधाः । ए.६८
119
tel: Prauḍhoktiḥ: Quality Statement :
prauḍha means matured, dignified, qualified, ukti is expression, state-
ment etc. Rhetorically it is Prauḍhokti where some object basically
incapable of producing some kind of speciality is conceived as pro-
ducing such speciality. But Jagannātha's conception of this figure
is slightly different. His idea of Praudhokti is as follows:
In order to signify some sort of excellence in an object a state-
ment about its association with another object having the same
kind of excellence is made in such a statement which is figuratively
known as Prauḍhokti.
It is recognised by Jayadeva, Appayya, Jagannātha and a few
others.
Digitized by
Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN