RE: Problem (isolated for emphasis)
Bachoti Rao (BRAO@atlas.niaid.nih.gov)
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 18:20:33 -0500
Subba Rao wrote:
>So, depending on *meaning* and *context*, a single word CAN become
both
>guru and laghu! Hard and fast rules (samyukta, samaasa, rEpha are not
>deterministic in such situations). This is essentially, exploring the
hidden
>freedom in the rules!
No! no! no! no! mahAnubhAvA! My different examples of kavipravara
and kavi pravaruDu are to show clearly the fine distinction between
the two usages and remove the confusion and show that that there is no
freedom.
As far as vi is considered, one expression is Sanskrit and the other
is telugu. One is guruvu and the other is laghuvu. Make no mistake
about it. If you play with words so you can have both expressions,
each expression will have a different status for vi. This kind of play
of words is what I meant by chitrakavitvam. But this does not
violate any hard and fast rules. I can give many examples like that
but they do not violate any rules. This is not a problem of chandas
but how we should read. For each expression you have to read
differently.
Regards,
Bachoti Sridhara Rao