A Critical Study on Gimmicks (of Women) in Femininity on Sringara Sataka of Bharthrihari

Abstract

Showing extreme modesty, shyness, pampering behaviour, and politeness are referred to as gimmicks of femininity. It is known that the poets of both Western and Eastern traditions tried to give various interpretations of female nature in their works. This is especially evident when focusing on works belonging to the Sanskrit poetic tradition. As a research problem, the kinds of female Gimmicks that are evident through Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari will be examined. The purpose of this research is to criticise the nature of Gimmicks of femininity by focusing on Sringara Sataka of Bharthrihari. Femininity is sometimes despised and sometimes glorified as supporting the existence of the world. It is expected here to study the nature of women based on the Gimmicks mentioned in the Sringara Sataka. The woman who is prominent in the Sringara Sataka is sometimes seen as pitiable, a stimulant of lustful feelings, a sublime human being, and sometimes as a creature to be dismissed with contempt. As the limitations, only the feminine effects that are evident in the Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari will be focused on. According to the qualitative research methods, the Sinhala edition of Ariyapala Gunasena's Sringara sataka will be focused as the primary source. Under the secondary sources, the theses of Indian professors and selected documents related to the field are used. In the examination of postgraduate studies that have been conducted so far, only the research on Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari and poetical methods has been discussed. But it must be said this research discusses the subtle uses of feminine effects and their aesthetic manifestations. It can be indicated that this research will give opportunities for researchers to study the unseen fields of Sringara sataka of Bharthrihari.