Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric /175

Praudhoktiḥ: Quality Statement
 
Thus put to shame and made responseless by the beloved

May Hari protect you all.
 

 
This verse is written in the form of a dialogue with question

and answer between Rådhãādhā and Kṛṣṇa. It is also a fine example of

pun on the words indicated below :
 

(a) hariḥ : means (i) Lord Kṛṣṇa, lover of the cowherd maid-

ens and (ii) a monkdey,
 

(b) Kṛṣṇa : (i) an epithet of Hariḥ and (ii) black in complex-

ion,
 

(c) madhusuūdana : (i) an epithet of Kṛṣṇa who slew the

demon Madhu and (ii) a bee that collects honey from

flowers.
 

 
Definitions
 

 
यस्तु पर्यनुयोगस्य निर्भेदः क्रियते पदैः ।
 

विदग्घगोष्ठ्यां वाक्यैर्वा तं हि प्रश्नोत्तरं विदुः ॥ स. २.१४२

 
प्रश्ने यत्रोत्तरं व्यक्तं गूढं वाप्यथवोभयम् ।
 

 
प्रश्नोत्तरम् । वा. ४.१४४
 

 
यत्र प्रश्नपुरःसरमुभयोर्मिथ: समुल्लसति ।

 
प्रश्नोत्तरिकासंज्ञं तमलंकारं विदुर्बुधाः । ए.६८
 
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<headword>प्रौढोक्ति</headword>
 
प्रौढोक्तिः Prauḍhoktiḥ : PQuality Statement :
 
prauḍhoa means matured, dignified, qualified, uktiḥ: Quality Statement :
 
prauḍha means matured is expression, dignified, qualified, ukti is expression, state-

ment etc. Rhetorically it is Prauḍhokti where some object basically

incapable of producing some kind of speciality is conceived as pro-

ducing such speciality. But Jagannātha's conception of this figure

is slightly different. His idea of Praudḍhokti is as follows:
 

 
In order to signify some sort of excellence in an object a state-

ment about its association with another object having the same

kind of excellence is made in such a statement which is figuratively

known as Prauḍhokti.
 

 
It is recognised by Jayadeva, Appayya, Jagannātha and a few

others.
 
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