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niyama, 'restriction': (1) an upamā in which the similitude is said to be
limited to the object in question. (2) D 2.19, AP 344.12. (3) tvan-
mukham kamalenafva tulyam nânyena kena cit (Dandin: "Your face
may be compared to the lotus and to the lotus alone"). (4) "He
looked over his paper with that plump, gratified satisfaction at a
chance to shine which in the dog world is the peculiarity of the hound"
(Margery Allingham). (5) Cf. aniyama.
GLOSSARY
nirņaya, "deduction': (1) an upamā in which the two comparable things
are distinguished from one another through a deduction based upon,
but critical of, their excessive similarity. (2) D 2.27. (3) na padma-
syêndunigráhyasyêndulajjäkarī dyutih atas tvanmukham evêdam
(Dandin: "That can't be the gleam of a lotus putting the moon to
shame, since the lotus is liege to the moon; it must be your face").
(4) "He was as a ghost, all whose power of wandering free through
these upper regions ceases at cockcrow; or rather he was the oppo-
site of a ghost, for till cockcrow he must again be a serf" (Anthony
Trollope; reference is made to the dependence of the Bishop on his
wife). (5) In tattvåkhyāna, the same distinction is made, but without
the semblance of an argument.
niścaya, 'decision': (1) probably the same as nirṇaya. (2) AP 344.12.
(5) No example is given, but the commentary on D 2.27 equates
this term with nirnaya.
padârthavṛtti, 'whose scope is the meaning of a word': (1) an upamā which
expresses a relationship between things in terms of a common prop-
erty, not between actions in terms of analogy. (2) V 4.2.3. (3)
haritanuşu babhrutvagvimukhāsu yāsām । kanakakaṇasadharmā
mānmatho romabhedaḥ (Vāmana: "On whose golden bodies, now
divested of their clothes of reddish bark, was seen the lovely thin
line of hair resembling a string of golden beads"). (4) "Her breast
like to a bowl of cream uncrudded ..." (Edmund Spenser). (5) Cf.
vakyârthavrtti, dharma.
paraspara, 'mutual': (1) same as anyonya. (2) AP 344.11.
pūrņa, 'full': (1) an upamā in which the four characteristic elements of
the comparison are explicitly stated. (2) V 4.2.5, R 8.5 (6), M 126.
(3) svapne'pi samareṣu tvām vijayaśrīr na muñcati । prabhāvaprabha-
vam käntam svâdhīnapatikā yathā (Mammața: "Even in the sleep
between battles, the Goddess of Victory cleaves to you, O King,
like a faithful wife to her excellently beautiful lover"). (4) "The moon
was coming up ... making ... the houses look like fresh cut blocks
of coal, glittering green and blue" (Joyce Cary). (5) The four charac-
niyama, 'restriction': (1) an upamā in which the similitude is said to be
limited to the object in question. (2) D 2.19, AP 344.12. (3) tvan-
mukham kamalenafva tulyam nânyena kena cit (Dandin: "Your face
may be compared to the lotus and to the lotus alone"). (4) "He
looked over his paper with that plump, gratified satisfaction at a
chance to shine which in the dog world is the peculiarity of the hound"
(Margery Allingham). (5) Cf. aniyama.
GLOSSARY
nirņaya, "deduction': (1) an upamā in which the two comparable things
are distinguished from one another through a deduction based upon,
but critical of, their excessive similarity. (2) D 2.27. (3) na padma-
syêndunigráhyasyêndulajjäkarī dyutih atas tvanmukham evêdam
(Dandin: "That can't be the gleam of a lotus putting the moon to
shame, since the lotus is liege to the moon; it must be your face").
(4) "He was as a ghost, all whose power of wandering free through
these upper regions ceases at cockcrow; or rather he was the oppo-
site of a ghost, for till cockcrow he must again be a serf" (Anthony
Trollope; reference is made to the dependence of the Bishop on his
wife). (5) In tattvåkhyāna, the same distinction is made, but without
the semblance of an argument.
niścaya, 'decision': (1) probably the same as nirṇaya. (2) AP 344.12.
(5) No example is given, but the commentary on D 2.27 equates
this term with nirnaya.
padârthavṛtti, 'whose scope is the meaning of a word': (1) an upamā which
expresses a relationship between things in terms of a common prop-
erty, not between actions in terms of analogy. (2) V 4.2.3. (3)
haritanuşu babhrutvagvimukhāsu yāsām । kanakakaṇasadharmā
mānmatho romabhedaḥ (Vāmana: "On whose golden bodies, now
divested of their clothes of reddish bark, was seen the lovely thin
line of hair resembling a string of golden beads"). (4) "Her breast
like to a bowl of cream uncrudded ..." (Edmund Spenser). (5) Cf.
vakyârthavrtti, dharma.
paraspara, 'mutual': (1) same as anyonya. (2) AP 344.11.
pūrņa, 'full': (1) an upamā in which the four characteristic elements of
the comparison are explicitly stated. (2) V 4.2.5, R 8.5 (6), M 126.
(3) svapne'pi samareṣu tvām vijayaśrīr na muñcati । prabhāvaprabha-
vam käntam svâdhīnapatikā yathā (Mammața: "Even in the sleep
between battles, the Goddess of Victory cleaves to you, O King,
like a faithful wife to her excellently beautiful lover"). (4) "The moon
was coming up ... making ... the houses look like fresh cut blocks
of coal, glittering green and blue" (Joyce Cary). (5) The four charac-