Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric /111

Unmilitam : Unfolding
 
This alamṃkāra was first defined in the Vişnṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa

and afterwards accepted by Rudrațṭa, Hemacandra, Vāgbhaṭa and

others. From the definitions it is not clear whether the intended

sense is either connotative or denotative. Hemacandra asserts that

the intended meaning (which is different from the primary mean-

ing) is available in the following way:
 

 
(a) from general to particular,
 

(b) from particular to general,

(c) from cause to effect,
 

(d)
 
from effect to cause,
 

(e) from the primary meaning to any secondary meaning.

Upanyaāsa can be easily included in Anyokti or Paryaāyokti

(Periphrasis) or Lakṣaṇā (extension of meaning) or Anumana
āna
(Inference).
 

 
Alamṃkāra texts do not give any example of this figure and hence

the examples of Anyokti etc may be taken into consideration.
 

 
Definition
 

 
उपन्यासेन चान्यस्य यदन्यः परिकीर्त्यते ।

उपन्यासमलंकारं तन्नरेन्द्र प्रचक्षते ॥ वि. ३.१७.६
 
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3-14
 
<headword>उन्मीलित</headword>
 
उन्मीलितम् Unmīlitam : Unfolding :
 

 
ut √mil ta<kta unmiīlita means unfolding, opening, blowing, awakening

etc. It is an uncommon figure recognised by late scholars like

Jagannātha and Appayya. In this figurative expression, some sort of

dissimilitude between two (ie the contextual and the non-contex-

tual) based on poetic imagery gets unfolded due to some special
 

cause.
 

 
eg 1. lakṣitānyudite candre padmāni ca mukhāni ca.
 

 
लक्षितान्युदिते चन्द्रे पद्मनि च मुखानि च ।
 

 
Hardly had the moon risen
 

When the lotuses as well as the beautiful faces were seen.
 
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