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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
 
अयि विजहीहि दृढ़ोढोपगूहनं त्यज नवसंगमभीरुकं वल्लभम् ।

अरुण-करोद्गम एष वर्तते वरतनु सम्प्रवदन्ति कुक्कुटाः ॥

 
Relax thy close embrace, O dame,

Leave thy love timid of first union;

The cuckoo unites to proclaim -

Here is now the break of dawn.
 

 
Tlf: Gūḍhoktiḥ : Condensed Statement :
 

 
gūḍha literally means hidden, concealed, disguised, covered, private etc.

and ukti is statement. Therefore, Güḍhokti rhetorically means a kind

of condensed meaning brought forth by the primary sense. It is

recognised by a few scholars like Bhoja, Appayya and Keśavamiśra.

One variety of the figure Vākovākya is also known as Gūḍhokti. Some

examples of such figures prove that the illustrations have generally

been taken from popular usage and not from common specimens
of literary compositions.
 

of literary compositions.
 
eg 1. purāṇam ityeva na sādhu sarvam.
 

 
पुराणमित्येव न साधु सधम् ।

All old is not gold
 

 
Definitions
 

 
क्रियाकारकसम्बन्धे पादाभिप्रायवस्तुभिः ।
 

 
गोपितैः षड़विधं प्राहुः गूढ़ गूढार्थवेदिनः ॥ स. २.१५१

गूढोक्तिरन्योद्देश्यं चेद्यदन्यं प्रति कथ्यते । कु. ८७.१५४
 

 
faa Citram : The Picturesque :
 

 
The word citra literally means wonderful, amazing, strange, queer

amusing, surprising variegated etc. The figure of speech is called

Citra because it appears artistically amusing to the reader by its

wonderful features of metrical or versified form, phonetic timbre

and movement (forward, backward and crossward). It is primarily a

figure of word, still it should be considered a figure of both word
and meaning.
 

and meaning.
 
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