काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

176 EXPLANATORY NOTES आवन्त्याः पारियात्राः सह दशपुरजैर्भूतभाषां भजन्ते यो मध्येमध्यदेशं निवसति स कविः सर्वभाषानिषण्णः ॥ काव्यमीमांसा p. 51. and also गिरः श्रव्या दिव्याः प्रकृतिमधुराः प्राकृतधुराः शुभव्योऽपभ्रंशः सरसरचनं भूतवचनम् । विदग्धामिष्टे मगधमधुरावासिभणिति- र्निबद्धा यस्तेषां स इह कविराजो विजयते ॥ बालरामायण. 1-11.] ll. 7-10. In these two verses, the methods of reading employed by the people belonging to the countries लाट, सुराष्ट्र and त्रवण are stated. All these countries are situated in the western part of India. For त्रवण country see page 94-4 of the Kāvyamīmāṁsā. Rājaśekhara is inclined to believe that the people of the Lāṭa country hated Sanskrit as they were great lovers of Prākṛta. This is borne out by the quotations above cited, and is probably one of the reasons which led him to disregard the existence of a separate Rīti described as Lāṭīyā by Rudraṭa (see p. 31-6 of the Kāvyamīmāṁsā). According to Rājaśekhara the people of Saurāṣṭra and Travaṇa were lovers of the अपभ्रंश language, and while reading Sanskrit they adopted the same method as employed in reading their own dialect. ll. 11-14. Here the Kashmirian poets are praised for their excellence in the art of reading. It is also said that some poets in the eastern side of Kashmir employ a nasal tone while reading. ll. 15-18. In this verse the reading of the Pāñcāla poets is characterized as the best, because their tone is best suited to different Rītis in poetry and possesses all the Guṇas required for reading. In their reading all letters are clearly pronounced and properly punctuated. ll. 19-20. Translate:— Only Viṭas and Śakāras are allowed to use the letters ल and र frequently in their speeches, but not the good readers of poetry. Adhyāya VIII. Page. 35. *[काव्यार्थयोनयः cf. लोको विद्या प्रकीर्णं च काव्याङ्गानि । लोकवृत्तं लोकः । वामन 1-3. et. seq. शब्दः छन्दोऽभिधानार्था इतिहासाश्रयाः कथाः । लोको युक्तिः कलाश्चेति मन्तव्याः काव्ययोनयः ॥ भामह 1-9.