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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
Arth
eg 1. jito'si manda-kandarpaṃ / maccit
जितोऽसि मन्दकन्दर्पं / मच्चित्तेऽस्ति त्रिलोचनः ।
O you evil-intended Cupid! vanquished thou art
Because I have Lord
Definitions
श्रुतमेकं यदन्यत्र स्मृतेरनुभवस्य वा ।
हेतुतां प्रतिपद्यते काव्यलिङ्गं तदुच्यते ॥ अ. सं. ६
काव्यलिङ्गं हेतोर्वाक्यपदार्थता । का. प्र. १०.१७४
स्यात् काव्यलिङ्गं वागर्थो नूतनार्थसमर्थकः । च. ५.३८
वाक्यार्थो यदि हेतुर्भवति पदार्थो विशेषणद्वारा ।
द्विविधं कथयन्ति तदलंकारं काव्यलिङ्गमिति ॥ ए. ८.४६
हेतोर्वाक्यपदार्थत्वे काव्यलिङ्गमुदाहृतम् । प्र. य. ४४८
समर्थनीयस्यार्थस्य काव्यलिङ्गं समर्थनम् । कु. ६०.१२१
<headword>क्रम</headword>
क्रम: Kramah : Succession :
The word krama (√kram ac) dennotes order, sequence or succession.
As a figure of speech it exhibits some kind of comparison in succes-
sion or in an orderly manner through words or meaning which
becomes poetically charming. When some objects or things,
desired or undesired, under consideration are compared to other
objects or things successively, the ala
Bhoja's def
According to him, perfect arrangement of word and meaning is
Krama. It is threefold:
(i) proper arrangement of words,
(ii) of meaning and
(iii) of both word and meaning.
eg 1. tasyā
jīyate vallak
तस्याः प्रवृद्धलीलाभिरालापस्मितदृष्टिभिः ।
जीयते वल्लकी
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