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GLOSSARY
compared through a property they do not have in order to express
the opposite property. The other forms of unreal comparison
(adbhuta, abhůta) are exaggerations only.
asādhāraṇa, "particular': (1) an upamä in which the absence of proper
objects of com
is described. (2) D 2.37, AP 344.19. (3)
candrâravindayoḥ kakṣyām atikramya mukham tava । ātmanaîvâbhavat
tulyam (Dandin: "Exceeding the style of the moon or lotus flower,
your face is indeed like itself alone"). (4) ***She [Nature] is', the
secretary continued, 'like an assemblage of blondes and brunettes,
whose tresses-' 'Oh, bother the blondes and brunettes!' 'Well, she
is like a picture gallery, where the features-' 'No, no; Nature is
like Nature; why introduce similes?" (Voltaire, quoted by E. M.
Forster). (5) Asādhāraṇa is a variation of ananvaya, from which it
differs in that the object of comparison, though ultimately rejected,
is mentioned.
ācāra, 'conduct': (1) a type of upamā in which the object is expressed in a
verbal form. (2) U 1.17,19. (3) sa duḥsthiyan kṛtârtho'pi niḥśeșaî-
śvaryasampadā । nikāmakamanīye'pi narakīyati kānane (Udbhaṭa:
"He [Śiva], all goals fulfilled in his infinite power, nevertheless suffered
[behaved himself in the manner of one suffering] in that forest lovely
yet filled with the tortures of hell [behaving like hell; helling]").
(4) "The hills belly-rumbled with thunder" (McDonald Hastings).
(5) This facility of Sanskrit is a function of the denominative con-
ation, whereby any noun or adjective can be transformed into a
verb having the sense of "resembling, acting like X" (Pāṇini 3.1.10).
In the following example, a comparison is first drawn, then the object
is cleverly substituted for the grammatical subject in order to produce
a similar effect: "And there he would lie all day long on the lawn
brooding presumably over his poetry, till he reminded one of a cat
watching birds, and then he clapped his paws together when he had
found the word ..." (Virginia Woolf). By other writers, this type of
comparison is classified differently: see pratyaya, upameyadyotaka-
lupta, dharmadyotakalupta.
Compare also colloquial English "to rat", and "to dovetail," etc.
ācikhyāsā, "wanting to explain': (1) an upamă in which the propriety
or aptness of the comparison is in doubt. (2) B 2.37, D 2.32. (3)
candreṇa tvanmukham tulyam ity acikhyāsu me manaḥ sa guno
vâstu doşo vā (Dandin: "Your face is indeed like the moon, but I
can't decide whether this is a virtue or a vice"). (4) "Some moralist
or mythological poet / Compares the solitary soul to a swan; / I am
GLOSSARY
compared through a property they do not have in order to express
the opposite property. The other forms of unreal comparison
(adbhuta, abhůta) are exaggerations only.
asādhāraṇa, "particular': (1) an upamä in which the absence of proper
objects of com
is described. (2) D 2.37, AP 344.19. (3)
candrâravindayoḥ kakṣyām atikramya mukham tava । ātmanaîvâbhavat
tulyam (Dandin: "Exceeding the style of the moon or lotus flower,
your face is indeed like itself alone"). (4) ***She [Nature] is', the
secretary continued, 'like an assemblage of blondes and brunettes,
whose tresses-' 'Oh, bother the blondes and brunettes!' 'Well, she
is like a picture gallery, where the features-' 'No, no; Nature is
like Nature; why introduce similes?" (Voltaire, quoted by E. M.
Forster). (5) Asādhāraṇa is a variation of ananvaya, from which it
differs in that the object of comparison, though ultimately rejected,
is mentioned.
ācāra, 'conduct': (1) a type of upamā in which the object is expressed in a
verbal form. (2) U 1.17,19. (3) sa duḥsthiyan kṛtârtho'pi niḥśeșaî-
śvaryasampadā । nikāmakamanīye'pi narakīyati kānane (Udbhaṭa:
"He [Śiva], all goals fulfilled in his infinite power, nevertheless suffered
[behaved himself in the manner of one suffering] in that forest lovely
yet filled with the tortures of hell [behaving like hell; helling]").
(4) "The hills belly-rumbled with thunder" (McDonald Hastings).
(5) This facility of Sanskrit is a function of the denominative con-
ation, whereby any noun or adjective can be transformed into a
verb having the sense of "resembling, acting like X" (Pāṇini 3.1.10).
In the following example, a comparison is first drawn, then the object
is cleverly substituted for the grammatical subject in order to produce
a similar effect: "And there he would lie all day long on the lawn
brooding presumably over his poetry, till he reminded one of a cat
watching birds, and then he clapped his paws together when he had
found the word ..." (Virginia Woolf). By other writers, this type of
comparison is classified differently: see pratyaya, upameyadyotaka-
lupta, dharmadyotakalupta.
Compare also colloquial English "to rat", and "to dovetail," etc.
ācikhyāsā, "wanting to explain': (1) an upamă in which the propriety
or aptness of the comparison is in doubt. (2) B 2.37, D 2.32. (3)
candreṇa tvanmukham tulyam ity acikhyāsu me manaḥ sa guno
vâstu doşo vā (Dandin: "Your face is indeed like the moon, but I
can't decide whether this is a virtue or a vice"). (4) "Some moralist
or mythological poet / Compares the solitary soul to a swan; / I am