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This alaṃkāra was first defined in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa
and afterwards accepted by Rudraṭa, 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.
Upanyāsa can be easily included in Anyokti or Paryāyokti
(Periphrasis) or Lakṣaṇā (extension of meaning) or Anumāna
(Inference).
Alaṃkāra 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
<headword>उन्मीलित</headword>
उन्मीलितम् Unmīlitam : Unfolding :
ut √mil ta<kta unmīlita 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.
and afterwards accepted by Rudraṭa, 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.
Upanyāsa can be easily included in Anyokti or Paryāyokti
(Periphrasis) or Lakṣaṇā (extension of meaning) or Anumāna
(Inference).
Alaṃkāra 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
<headword>उन्मीलित</headword>
उन्मीलितम् Unmīlitam : Unfolding :
ut √mil ta<kta unmīlita 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.
When the lotuses as well as the beautiful faces were seen.