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Subodhālaṅkāra

Poetics Made Plain

GRAMMATICAL TRADITION · volume 11 of 13

The Subodhālaṅkāra, Saṅgharakkhita's work on poetics — the art of poetry under five heads: faults in composition, how to avoid them, verbal ornamentation, rhetorical figures, and elegance of sound. 370 verses; this volume's last chapter is Rasabhāvāvabodho nāma pañcamo paricchedo.

In the second half of the 1100s CE the elder Saṅgharakkhita, writing in Ceylon, produced a series of works on grammar, prosody and rhetoric. He calls himself a pupil of Moggallāna, whom he names Sīlathera — which ties this group of books directly to the second grammatical school.

His stated reason for writing is the same as for his metrics: the earlier works, by Rāmasamma and others, are not suitable for Māgadhī — that is, for Pali. The models are nonetheless Sanskrit, and the technical vocabulary is borrowed and adapted from them. The Pali catalogue gives the work to him without qualification.

How it ends

Rasabhāvā’vabodho nāma

Pañcamo paricchedo.

Subodhālaṅkāro samatto.

SourcesNorman 1983, pp. 167–168; Cūḷagandhavaṃsa.

Layer
Treatise — treatise
Collection
GRAMMATICAL TRADITION · volume 11 of 13
On
Poetics Made Plain
Written by
SaṅgharakkhitaNorman 1983, p. 167; Gandhavaṃsa, in Minayeff 1886, p. 63
When
1150–1200 CENorman 1983, p. 167
Pali text
Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (CST4)
English
Complete in draft, not yet reviewed · 1,320 paragraphs over 33 pages
  1. 1. The First Chapter: the Understanding of Faults1. Dosāvabodha-paṭhamapariccheda
  2. Homage to the Three JewelsRatanattayappaṇāma
  3. The OccasionNimitta
  4. The Title and the RestAbhidhānādikaṃ
  5. Enumeration of the Faults of WordPadadosa uddesa
  6. Enumeration of the Faults of SentenceVākyadosa uddesa
  7. Enumeration of the Faults of Sentence-senseVākyatthadosauddesa
  8. Exposition of the Faults of WordPadadosaniddesa
  9. Exposition of the Faults of SentenceVākyadosa niddesa
  10. Exposition of the Faults of Sentence-senseVākyatthadosa niddesa
  11. 2. The Second Chapter: the Understanding of the Avoidance of Faults2. Dosaparihārāvabodha-dutiyapariccheda
  12. 3. The Third Chapter: the Understanding of the Qualities3. Guṇāvabodha-tatiyapariccheda
  13. The ConnectionAnusandhi
  14. Enumeration of the Ornaments of WordSaddālaṅkāra uddesa
  15. The Purpose of the Ornaments of WordSaddālaṅkāra payojana
  16. Exposition of the Ornaments of WordSaddālaṅkāra niddesa
  17. Evenness by Wholly Soft LettersKevalamudusamatā
  18. Evenness by Wholly Distinct LettersKevalaphuṭasamatā
  19. Evenness by Mixed LettersMissakasamatā
  20. The Enumeration of the ConcentrationsSamādhi uddesa
  21. The Exposition of the ConcentrationsSamādhiniddesa
  22. The Property of Breathing Things in What Does Not BreatheApāṇe pāṇīnaṃ dhammo
  23. The Property of What Has Form in the FormlessNirupe rūpayuttassa
  24. The Property of What Has Taste in the TastelessNirase sarasassa
  25. The Property of What Is Fluid in the UnfluidAdrave dravayuttassa
  26. Agency in a Non-agentAkattaripi kattutā
  27. The Property of the Hard in the BodilessKaṭhinassā sarīre
  28. 4. The Fourth Chapter: the Understanding of the Ornaments of Sense4. Atthālaṅkārāvabodha-catutthapariccheda
  29. The Ornaments of Sense of the Oblique ModeVaṅkavutti atthālaṅkāra
  30. EnumerationUddesa
  31. ExpositionNiddesa
  32. Joined with ivaIvayuttā
  33. Disjoined from ivaIvaviyuttā
  34. With the Whole Subject for Sphere, with CompoundAsesavatthuvisayasamāsa
  35. With the Whole Subject for Sphere, without CompoundAsesavatthuvisayaasamāsa
  36. With the Whole Subject for Sphere, mixedAsesavatthuvisayamissaka
  37. Turning upon a Single Part, with CompoundEkadesavivuttisamāsa
  38. Turning upon a Single Part, without CompoundEkadesavivuttiasamāsa
  39. Turning upon a Single Part, mixedEkadesavivuttimissaka
  40. Repetition of SenseAtthāvutti
  41. Repetition of WordPadāvutti
  42. Repetition of BothUbhayāvutti
  43. The Illuminator of the BeginningĀdi dīpaka
  44. The Illuminator in the MiddleMajjhe dīpaka
  45. The Illuminator at the EndAntadīpaka
  46. The Garland IlluminatorMālādīpaka
  47. All-pervading, without hiHi rahita sabbabyāpī
  48. All-pervading, with hiHi sahita sabbabyāpī
  49. Particular, without hiHi rahita visesaṭṭha
  50. Particular, with hiHi sahita visesaṭṭha
  51. Single Contrast, ExpressedVāccaekabyatireka
  52. Double Contrast, ExpressedVācca ubhayabyatireka
  53. Single Contrast, ImpliedGamma ekabyatireka
  54. Double Contrast, ImpliedGammaubhayabyatireka
  55. The Peculiar Causation that Manifests Another CauseKāraṇantaravibhāvanā
  56. The Peculiar Causation that Manifests the NaturalSābhāvika vibhāvanā
  57. With an Undifferentiated QualifierAbhinnavisesana
  58. With Differentiated and Undifferentiated QualifiersBhinnābhinnavisesana
  59. Supposition containing a SimileUpamābbhantaraparikappanā
  60. Supposition of ActionKriyāparikappanā
  61. Supposition of QualityGuṇaparikappanā
  62. Implied SuppositionGammaparikappanā
  63. The Pun with Contrary ActionViruddhakammasilesa
  64. The Pun with Non-contrary ActionAviruddhakammasilesa
  65. The Pun with Undivided ActionAbhinnakammasilesa
  66. The Pun with RestrictionNiyamavantasilesa
  67. The Pun that Rejects RestrictionNiyamakkhepasilesa
  68. The Non-conflicting PunAvirodhisilesa
  69. The Conflicting PunVirodhisilesa
  70. The Word-Pun that Fosters FitnessOcityasamposakapadasilesa
  71. The Illustration with an Unwished FruitAsantaphalanidassana
  72. The Illustration with a Wished FruitSantaphalanidassana
  73. The Magnifying of MajestyVibhūtimahantatta
  74. The Magnifying of IntentionAdhippāyamahantatta
  75. The Unequal DeceivingAsamavañcanā
  76. The Equal DeceivingSamavañcanā
  77. The Affirmative NecklaceVidhiekāvali
  78. The Negative NecklaceNisedhaekāvali
  79. Co-occurrence of ActionKriyāsahavutti
  80. Co-occurrence of QualityGuṇasahavutti
  81. The Mixed by Member and Member-possessorAṅgaṅgībhāvamissa
  82. The Mixed by Equal StrengthSadisa bala bhāva missa
  83. 5. The Fifth Chapter: the Understanding of the Emotions5. Bhāvāvabodha-pañcamapariccheda
  84. The Purport of “Emotion”Bhāvaadhippāya
  85. The Purport of “Abiding State”Ṭhāyībhāvaadhippāya
  86. The Enumeration of the Kinds of Abiding StateṬhāyībhāvappabhedauddesa
  87. The Purport of “Transient State”Byabhicārībhāvaadhippāya
  88. The Kinds of Transient StateByabhicāribhāvapabheda
  89. The Purport of “Sattvic State”Sattikabhāvaadhippāya
  90. The Kinds of Sattvic StateSattikabhāvappabheda
  91. The Purport of “Sentiment”Rasaadhippāya
  92. The Kinds of SentimentRasappabheda
  93. The Exposition of the Abiding States: the Abiding State of DelightṬhāyībhāva niddesa ratiṭṭhāyībhāva
  94. The Abiding State of MirthHassaṭṭhāyībhāva
  95. The Kinds of MirthHassappabheda
  96. The Abiding State of CompassionKaruṇaṭṭhāyībhāva
  97. The Abiding State of FuryRuddaṭṭhāyībhāva
  98. The Abiding State of the HeroicVīraṭṭhāyībhāva
  99. The Abiding State of FearBhayaṭṭhāyībhāva
  100. The Abiding State of DisgustJigucchāṭṭhāyībhāva
  101. The Abiding State of AstonishmentVimhayaṭṭhāyībhāva
  102. The Abiding State of CalmSamaṭṭhāyībhāva