Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric /141

Tadgunah Borrower
 
tively implies a person as clever as a serpent and hence a gallant, para-

mour or debauch etc.
 

 
Definitions
 

 
छेकोक्तिर्यदि लोकोक्तेः स्यादर्थान्तरगर्भिता । कु. ६१.१५८
 

 
<headword>जाति:</headword>
 
जातिः Jātihḥ : Natural Description :
 

 
The word jäāti denotes a class, genus etc. This figure is otherwise

called Svabhāvokti. Rhetors like Rudrtaṭa, Bhoja, Vāgbhata and
ṭa and
Hemacandra prefer the title Jāti while others call it Svabhāvokti.

The figure occurs in the following ways:
 
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a) when one object is stated to be present in different condi-

tions due to its form, attributes, placement etc,
 

b) when some object is described in its natural position, behav-

iour, form, appearance etc.
 

 
But such description should be poetically beautiful as well as

agreeable and not vulgar or obscene in any way.
 

 
Definitions
 

 
संस्थानावस्थानक्रियादि यद्यस्य यादृशं भवति
 

लोके चिरप्रसिद्धं तत्कथनमनन्यथा जाति: ॥ रु.का. ७.३०

 
स्वभावाख्यानं जाति: । हे. का. ६.१५
 

 
नानावस्थासु जायन्ते यानि रूपाणि वस्तुनः ।
 

स्वेभ्यः स्वेभ्यो निसर्गेभ्यस्तानि जातिं प्रचक्षते ॥
 

 
तत्र स्वरूपसंस्थानमवस्थानं तथैव च ।
 

वेशो व्यापार इत्यादेः प्रभेदैर्बहुधास्थितम् ॥ स ३.७

 
यथास्थितवस्तुवर्णनमग्राम्यं जाति: । वा. का. ३
 

 
यस्य वस्तुनो यत्स्वभावता तदाख्यानं स्वभाव: । अ. शे. ४.४
 
Digitized by
 

 
<headword>तद्गुण</headword>
 
तद्गुणः Tadguṇaḥ : Borrower :
 
Tadgunah: Borrower :
 
means the thing or person concerned, guna is merit or quality. As a
figure of speech Tad guṇa is the acceptance or borrowing of other's
qualities after giving up one's own. When two different objects can-
not be separately identified due to someans the thing or person concerned, guna is qualitative simerit or quality. As a
figure of speech Tadguṇa is the acceptance or borrowing of other's
qualities after giving up one's own. When two different objects can-
not be separately identified due to some qualitative similitude
ilitude
between them, it is known as Tadgunṇa. Here the borrower (ie. the
 
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