A STUDY OF METRE & ALAŃKĀRA IN SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS IN INDIA

Author Name: Sanjoy Mandal

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/10.2020-43237134/

Affiliation:

1. Research Scholar, Central Sanskrit University  (Shree sadashiva Campus) Puri, Orissa, India

ABSTRACT

The Indian Sanskrit Inscriptions throw light on the different aspect of kāvya, such as language, style, Alańkāra, metre Rasāetc. Various inscriptions on stone, sandstone, rock etc. Kāvyaas expressed in the Inscriptions based on poetics (kāvyaśāstra) an on art of composing poems (kāvyavidyā). It would be elaborate general characteristics as prescribed in Sanskrit poetics whice would serve as back ground for studying the selected Inscription from poetical points of view. Many of the Sanskrit Inscriptions are written in kāvya style using the different metres with rules of rhetoric and prosody .Poetic ornament or Alańkārasare very Important in thekāvya. Bhoja classifies poetic experession into three classes, such as: svabhāvokti ,Rasokti and vakrokti . Vāmana uses the word Alańkāra in two senses: as a think of beauty and as figure of speech. Daņḍin Includes Guņaunder the word Alańkāra. It is very Important to note that the same figure of speech bears different names andsome times the same name denotes different figures of speech.

Key words: Inscriptions,Alańkāra, Metre, Rasā, kāvyaśāstra, Svabhāvokti , Rasokti and Vakrokti