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GLOSSARY
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involves no other issues than the extreme frequency with which this
particular metaphorical complex is encountered. The poet is always
tempted to draw out his ascriptions (utpreksās), especially as they can
become quite obscure without much effort, and certainly because an
enlarged metaphor is more of a poetic object than an abbreviated
one. Vāmana's definition of utprekşåvayava is brief in the extreme
and quite misleading at first glance: he says simply: "utprekşähetur
utprekşâvayavaḥ" ('utprekşâvayava means the cause of an utprekşă
[is given]). This is to be understood in the sense that the subordinate
metaphors or similes define the broader context in which the main
utpreksā becomes alive.
udätta
udatta, 'lofty': (1) a figure in which great accumulation of wealth or
greatness of character (viz. self-denial) is described. (2) B 3.12(11, 13),
D 2.300-303, U 4.8, M 176-77. (3) muktāḥ kelivisūtrahāragalitāḥ
sammārjanībhir hṛtāḥ prātaḥ prāñgaṇasīmni mantharacaladbālâñ-
ghriläkşârunāḥ / dūrād dāḍimabījaśańkitadhiyaḥ karşanti keliśukā yad
vidvadbhavaneşu bhojanrpates tat tyāgalīlāyitam (Mammața: "Bestow-
ing benefits is so much a game to your Majesty that in the homes of
your advisors the pearls, dropped from necklaces broken in the
sports of love, are swept up by the charwomen and, scattered about
the borders of the yards, are marked by red lac from the feet of
slowly strolling maidens; pet parrots drag the pearls away thinking
them to be pomegranate seeds"). (4) "The business was a gold mine,
as Sigsag had said. The profits on wine and liquor were of course
high; we paid no rent; and the best people in America were our
customers. There was no overhead; refrigerators, light, office ex-
penses, telephone, glasses, ice and waiters were paid for by the hotel;
and a thick golden stream of profit ran into what von Kyling called
'the General Welfare*. And along with the profits from the
immense turnover of champagne-a hundred cases sometimes being
used in some single party-there were of course liberal tips on how
to treble that profit on the stock-market" (Ludwig Bemelmans).
(5) The figure is always described as being two fold; if great wealth
can be appropriated, then it can also be relinquished; the greatness
of character is founded upon previously acquired material greatness.
The common example is Rāma leaving his capital for the forest:
"udāttam śaktimān rāmo guruvākyânurodhakaḥ । vihāyôpanatam
rājyam yathā vanam upāgamat" (Bhämaha: 'Mighty Rāma, faithful
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139
involves no other issues than the extreme frequency with which this
particular metaphorical complex is encountered. The poet is always
tempted to draw out his ascriptions (utpreksās), especially as they can
become quite obscure without much effort, and certainly because an
enlarged metaphor is more of a poetic object than an abbreviated
one. Vāmana's definition of utprekşåvayava is brief in the extreme
and quite misleading at first glance: he says simply: "utprekşähetur
utprekşâvayavaḥ" ('utprekşâvayava means the cause of an utprekşă
[is given]). This is to be understood in the sense that the subordinate
metaphors or similes define the broader context in which the main
utpreksā becomes alive.
udätta
udatta, 'lofty': (1) a figure in which great accumulation of wealth or
greatness of character (viz. self-denial) is described. (2) B 3.12(11, 13),
D 2.300-303, U 4.8, M 176-77. (3) muktāḥ kelivisūtrahāragalitāḥ
sammārjanībhir hṛtāḥ prātaḥ prāñgaṇasīmni mantharacaladbālâñ-
ghriläkşârunāḥ / dūrād dāḍimabījaśańkitadhiyaḥ karşanti keliśukā yad
vidvadbhavaneşu bhojanrpates tat tyāgalīlāyitam (Mammața: "Bestow-
ing benefits is so much a game to your Majesty that in the homes of
your advisors the pearls, dropped from necklaces broken in the
sports of love, are swept up by the charwomen and, scattered about
the borders of the yards, are marked by red lac from the feet of
slowly strolling maidens; pet parrots drag the pearls away thinking
them to be pomegranate seeds"). (4) "The business was a gold mine,
as Sigsag had said. The profits on wine and liquor were of course
high; we paid no rent; and the best people in America were our
customers. There was no overhead; refrigerators, light, office ex-
penses, telephone, glasses, ice and waiters were paid for by the hotel;
and a thick golden stream of profit ran into what von Kyling called
'the General Welfare*. And along with the profits from the
immense turnover of champagne-a hundred cases sometimes being
used in some single party-there were of course liberal tips on how
to treble that profit on the stock-market" (Ludwig Bemelmans).
(5) The figure is always described as being two fold; if great wealth
can be appropriated, then it can also be relinquished; the greatness
of character is founded upon previously acquired material greatness.
The common example is Rāma leaving his capital for the forest:
"udāttam śaktimān rāmo guruvākyânurodhakaḥ । vihāyôpanatam
rājyam yathā vanam upāgamat" (Bhämaha: 'Mighty Rāma, faithful
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