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types—jāti dravya-is theoretical only.) The contradiction may
exemplify any of these categories, or may involve terms from any
two of them. (For an example of multiple or complex virodha, see
gunakriyā virodha.) Mammața copies this scheme. Virodha differs
from pihita and like figures in emphasis only. Where the intention
is to show two incompatibles as equally valid, and where no implicit
decision is made, we have virodha; if the intention is to exaggerate
one of the incompatibles at the expense of the other, we have hyper-
bole, which uses contradiction as a means. Like all the subtle
distinctions of alaṇkāraśāstra, the properly understood intention of
the poet is the ultimate clue. For this reason, it might be added,
the body of poetic distinctions can be a powerful adjunct in coming
to grips with the poet's often murky thoughts.
kriya, 'verb': (1) a type of virodha where the incompatibility is that of
two actions of the same subject. (2) D 2.334, R 9.36, M 167. (3)
balamṛgalocanāyāś caritam idam citram atra yad asau mäm / jadayati
samtāpayati ca dure hrdaye ca me vasati (Rudrata; "soothes" and
"inflames": "How can this doe-eyed girl perform such wonders? She
both soothes and inflames me from a distance, yet she resides in
my heart!"). (4) "It's bad when they think well of you, Cokey,
because you get to think too much of yourself. And it's bad when
they think badly of you because you may get to think badly of them.
Take your mind off your work" (Joyce Cary; "think well" and
"think badly").
guņa, 'attribute': (1) a type of virodha where the incompatibility is that
of two (adjectivally stated) attributes of the subject. (2) R 9.35, M
167. (3) satatam musalásaktā bahutaragrhakarmaghaṭanayā nṛpate ।
dvijapatnīnām kațhināḥ sati bhavati karāḥ sarojasukumārāḥ (Mam-
mata; "harsh" and "soft": "The hands of the Brahmin ladies,
busily attached to the duties of the home, forever making foods and
sauces, have become rough; yet in your presence, King, those hands
are lotus soft!"). (4) "Behold a critic, pitched like the castrati, ।
Imperious youngling, though approaching forty" (Theodore Roeth-
ke). (5) Dandin gives an (unclassified) example which, though based
on guna, does not show virodha in any accepted sense: "tanumadhyam
pṛthuśroņi raktâuştham asitêkṣaṇam । natanabhi vapuḥ strīņām kam
na hanty unnatastanam" (Thin waisted and ample thighed, red lipped
and black eyed, with depressed navel and raised breasts-who would
not be striken by the body of a woman?"); compare: "This will
celebrate the occasion-a curious sense rising in her, at once freakish
GLOSSARY
types—jāti dravya-is theoretical only.) The contradiction may
exemplify any of these categories, or may involve terms from any
two of them. (For an example of multiple or complex virodha, see
gunakriyā virodha.) Mammața copies this scheme. Virodha differs
from pihita and like figures in emphasis only. Where the intention
is to show two incompatibles as equally valid, and where no implicit
decision is made, we have virodha; if the intention is to exaggerate
one of the incompatibles at the expense of the other, we have hyper-
bole, which uses contradiction as a means. Like all the subtle
distinctions of alaṇkāraśāstra, the properly understood intention of
the poet is the ultimate clue. For this reason, it might be added,
the body of poetic distinctions can be a powerful adjunct in coming
to grips with the poet's often murky thoughts.
kriya, 'verb': (1) a type of virodha where the incompatibility is that of
two actions of the same subject. (2) D 2.334, R 9.36, M 167. (3)
balamṛgalocanāyāś caritam idam citram atra yad asau mäm / jadayati
samtāpayati ca dure hrdaye ca me vasati (Rudrata; "soothes" and
"inflames": "How can this doe-eyed girl perform such wonders? She
both soothes and inflames me from a distance, yet she resides in
my heart!"). (4) "It's bad when they think well of you, Cokey,
because you get to think too much of yourself. And it's bad when
they think badly of you because you may get to think badly of them.
Take your mind off your work" (Joyce Cary; "think well" and
"think badly").
guņa, 'attribute': (1) a type of virodha where the incompatibility is that
of two (adjectivally stated) attributes of the subject. (2) R 9.35, M
167. (3) satatam musalásaktā bahutaragrhakarmaghaṭanayā nṛpate ।
dvijapatnīnām kațhināḥ sati bhavati karāḥ sarojasukumārāḥ (Mam-
mata; "harsh" and "soft": "The hands of the Brahmin ladies,
busily attached to the duties of the home, forever making foods and
sauces, have become rough; yet in your presence, King, those hands
are lotus soft!"). (4) "Behold a critic, pitched like the castrati, ।
Imperious youngling, though approaching forty" (Theodore Roeth-
ke). (5) Dandin gives an (unclassified) example which, though based
on guna, does not show virodha in any accepted sense: "tanumadhyam
pṛthuśroņi raktâuştham asitêkṣaṇam । natanabhi vapuḥ strīņām kam
na hanty unnatastanam" (Thin waisted and ample thighed, red lipped
and black eyed, with depressed navel and raised breasts-who would
not be striken by the body of a woman?"); compare: "This will
celebrate the occasion-a curious sense rising in her, at once freakish