Prachi Prajna (Jun 2023)
संस्कृतवाङ्मये प्रतीकात्मकरूपकाणां समीक्षणम् (A review of Allegoric Plays in Sanskrit Literature)
Abstract
The word symbol is derived from the suffix kikach by the formula alika and others from the prefix in by derivation, perceived or known. This tendency of the word in the sense of limb, organ, body. Therefore, a metaphor in which dramatic characters are presented as symbols of basic objects is indeed a symbolic metaphor. Such metaphors are mainly characterized by the embodiment and humanization of abstract emotions. Images of objects and human emotions that have no perception or visibility in the worldly world are seen here as characters in metaphors. such as lust, anger, greed, delusion, ego, and so on. Although these are inanimate, it is the giving of life to them that characterizes such metaphors. These are treated as Allegorical Plays in English. The subject matter here is deep philosophical thinking and a sense of connected life. Although the creation and discussion of such metaphors in the West began long ago, they have also been widely developed and criticized in Sanskrit literature. Prabodhachandradaya, Sankalpasuryodaya, Yatirajavijaya, Chaitanyachandradaya – these are actually examples of this. This paper presents the origin of symbolic metaphors in Sanskrit literature, their extension and a critique of the content of some such metaphors.
