Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric /189

here it is implied that complete chaos has to be created in the king-
dom of the gods.
 
Definitions
 
विधिनिषेधादेरभिधानं युक्तिः । श्रृ. १०
 
युक्तिः पराभिसन्धानं क्रियया मर्मगुप्तये । कु. ८६.१५६
 
<headword>रचना</headword>
 
रचना Racanā : Style :
 
The word racanā (√rac anat ā) literally means composition, prepara-
tion, making up, arrangement etc. The alaṃkāra Racanā is the employ-
ment of appropriate word and meaning as well as combination of
perfect sound and sense. Like Gati this uncommon figure also
belongs to the stylistic pattern of poetry and recognised by Bhoja
only. Bhoja has given sixfold divisions of it:
(i) śabda:-racanā: combination of words,
(ii) artha-racanā: combination of sound and sense,
(iii) paryāya-racanā: combination of sequence,
(iv) pada-racanā: combination of phrases,
(v) krama-racanā: style in pattern and
(vi) śabda-artha-racanā: matching of perfect sound and sense.
 
From Bhoja's idea we can say that any successful poem can be
a specimen of Racanā.
 
eg 1. adharamṃ madhuramṃ vadanamṃ madhuram.
nayanamṃ
nayanaṃ madhuram hasitamṃ hasitaṃ madhuram.
 
अधरं मधुरं वदनं मधुरं
नयनं मधुरं हसितं मधुरम् ।
 
Sweet are the lips, face sweet,
Sweet are the eyes, smile sweet.
 
2. nṛpābhiṣeke mada-vihvalāyā / hastācchuto hemaghatṭo'balāyāḥ.
sopāna-maārge patitaḥ karoti /tham tham. tha-tham tham
tha-tha-tham tha-tham thah. ṭha-ṭhaṃ ṭha-ṭhaṃ ṭhaṃ ṭha-ṭha-ṭhaṃ ṭha-ṭhaṃ ṭhaḥ
 
नृपाभिषेके मदविह्वलाया / हस्ताच्चुतो हेमघटोsबलायाः ।
सोपानमार्गे पतितः करोति / ठ- ठं ठ-ठं ठं ठ-ठ-
ठं ठ- ठं ठः ॥