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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
 
15. divi candro bhuvi tvanmukham sobhate
 
ṃ śobhate
दिवि चन्द्रो भुवि त्वन्मुखं शोभते ।
 

 
In the sky shines the moon, in earth thy face.

(Dṛṣṭānta: Exemplification)
 

 
16. mukham candra-śriyam bibharti.
 
ṃ bibharti
मुखं चन्द्रश्रियं बिभर्ति ।
 

 
(Her) face captures the beauty of the moon.

(Nidarśanā: Illustration)
 

 
17. mukhasya purataś candro niṣprabhaḥ
 

मुखस्य पुरतश्चन्द्रो निष्प्रभः ।
 

 
Before (her) face the moon is lacklustre.
 

(Aprastuta prasamsãśaṃsā: Indirect Description)
 

 
Classification of Upamā :
 

 
Rhetorical treatises have exhaustively dealt with different varieties

of Upamaā as well as its distinction from other figures denoting

resemblance. Vāmana admits that Simile exhibits innumerable vari-

eties which have been very prominent in literary expressions. Still

some attempts have been made to account for the principal divi-

sions and the sub-divisions of Upamā. Sanskrit rhetoricians have

exhibited the largest number of the varieties of Upamaā and thus,

demonstrated the intrinsic complexities of rhetorical analysis of

the Indian scholars who have administered a high structural and

analytical method of logical argumentation. They have evaluated

not only the many-sided flash of poetic fancy but also the stylistic

novelty of poetic diction.
 

 
Twofold varieties of Upamā have been recognised in general:
 

 
(1) Complete Simile (puūrṇā) and
 

(2) Partial Simile (luptā).
 
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Of these two the first division has five and the second division
has twenty one varieties. Besides these there are also some other
divisions which have been accepted by later scholars. An account of
these may be
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Of these two the first division has five and the second division
has twenty one varieties. Besides these there are also some other
divisions which have been accepted by later scholars. An account of
these may be given here in brief
ven here in brief :
 
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