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INTRODUCTION
261
STYLE AND RHETORICAL DEVICES¹
The style of the Candidataka appears to be the Gaudi, like
that of the Süryaśataka, for it abounds in compounds, has
strength and grace, and has a fair number of instances of
anuprāsa, 'alliteration.' As regards rhetorical figures and de-
vices, the poem presents examples of such as are typical of every
kavya composition. For instance, the asis, as was noted above,³
occurs in almost every stanza. The fleșa, or 'pun,' is also of fre-
quent occurrence, and occasionally the paronomasia is carried to
such an extent that nearly a whole stanza may be rendered
throughout in two ways (see stanzas 13, 21, 27, 30, 34, 41, 55, 69,
77, and especially stanzas 8, 46, 62, 65, 68, 70, 88). Frequent
use is also made of yamaka, or 'assonance,' the placing in juxta-
position of words or syllables having similar sounds (cf. stanzas
36 and 52); and the kindred device, anuprāsa, or 'alliteration,'
is not uncommon (cf. stanzas 38 and 70). Worthy of remark,
too, are the examples of citra ('picture'), and venikā ('braid'),
types of varnanuprāsa, or 'syllable alliteration' (cf. the notes to
stanzas 40 and 66), of virodha, or 'apparent contradiction'
(stanza 62), and of utprekṣā,³ or 'poetic fancy' (stanzas 1, 22,
40). Noticeable is the absence of the elaborate similes that ap-
pear here and there in the text of the Saryaśataka.
GRAMMATICA NOTABILIORA
Among the more or less unusual grammatical constructions
occurring in the Candidataka, I would call attention to the follow-
ing: the imperative in -tät (discussed above, p. 96); the impera-
tive jahihi, with short penult for metrical reasons (stanza 34; cf.
Suryaśataka, 59); the accusative devān (stanza 38), used as a
sort of object of the compound jayokte, 'in the address of Jaya
1 For explanation of the various rhetorical devices that are mentioned
in this paragraph, see above, p. 89-95, where the style of the Süryaśataka
has been discussed in detail.
2 See above, p. 245.
8 Attention has been called to most of these rhetorical devices of the
Candiśataka in the notes to the stanzas in which they occur.
261
STYLE AND RHETORICAL DEVICES¹
The style of the Candidataka appears to be the Gaudi, like
that of the Süryaśataka, for it abounds in compounds, has
strength and grace, and has a fair number of instances of
anuprāsa, 'alliteration.' As regards rhetorical figures and de-
vices, the poem presents examples of such as are typical of every
kavya composition. For instance, the asis, as was noted above,³
occurs in almost every stanza. The fleșa, or 'pun,' is also of fre-
quent occurrence, and occasionally the paronomasia is carried to
such an extent that nearly a whole stanza may be rendered
throughout in two ways (see stanzas 13, 21, 27, 30, 34, 41, 55, 69,
77, and especially stanzas 8, 46, 62, 65, 68, 70, 88). Frequent
use is also made of yamaka, or 'assonance,' the placing in juxta-
position of words or syllables having similar sounds (cf. stanzas
36 and 52); and the kindred device, anuprāsa, or 'alliteration,'
is not uncommon (cf. stanzas 38 and 70). Worthy of remark,
too, are the examples of citra ('picture'), and venikā ('braid'),
types of varnanuprāsa, or 'syllable alliteration' (cf. the notes to
stanzas 40 and 66), of virodha, or 'apparent contradiction'
(stanza 62), and of utprekṣā,³ or 'poetic fancy' (stanzas 1, 22,
40). Noticeable is the absence of the elaborate similes that ap-
pear here and there in the text of the Saryaśataka.
GRAMMATICA NOTABILIORA
Among the more or less unusual grammatical constructions
occurring in the Candidataka, I would call attention to the follow-
ing: the imperative in -tät (discussed above, p. 96); the impera-
tive jahihi, with short penult for metrical reasons (stanza 34; cf.
Suryaśataka, 59); the accusative devān (stanza 38), used as a
sort of object of the compound jayokte, 'in the address of Jaya
1 For explanation of the various rhetorical devices that are mentioned
in this paragraph, see above, p. 89-95, where the style of the Süryaśataka
has been discussed in detail.
2 See above, p. 245.
8 Attention has been called to most of these rhetorical devices of the
Candiśataka in the notes to the stanzas in which they occur.