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Višeşoktiḥ: Peculiar Allegation
with the only exception of allowing explicitly the absence or disquali-
fication of one quality. To be more clear, the excellence of a thing is
implicitly stated here by comparing it to a valued object, yet mention-
ing some extra-ordinary difference, and the special difference men-
tioned in such expressions means absence of only one quality in one
of the things. But Ruyyaka considers it as just the opposite of
Vibhāvanā and the later scholars except Bhoja have followed the
same line. According to them, Višeşokti simply means non-appearane of
effect even though there is a cause for it.
Logically cause is the immediate antecedent of the effect, and,
therefore, where there is a cause, there must be an effect following
the cause. But in the poet's world, this rule may not apply, and, in
spite of a cause the effect may not appear because there must have
been some extra-ordinary reason for which normal appearance of
the effect is hindered. This is, in brief, the basic idea of Viseşokti.
But Bhoja's definition is different from the previous one. Višeșokti,
according to him, is a statement of excellence with excess or
paucity. Vāmana's definition is quite different from those of his
predeccssors and followers. Ruyyaka and Jagannātha observed that
Vāmana's Viseşokti is identical with Rüpaka (Metaphor).
Višeşokti occurs in three ways:
(i) when the cause is explicitly stated,
(ii) when the cause is not explicitly stated and
(iii) when the cause seems impossible to be conceived.
But Dandin gives a separate group of its four varieties :
(i) ineffectiveness of attribute (guṇa-vaikalya),
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
eg 1.
159
ineffectiveness of genus or distinguishing properties
(jāti-vaikalya),
ineffectiveness of action (kriyā-vaikalya) and
ineffectiveness of specific objects (dravya-vaikalya).
dyūtam hi nāma puruṣasya asimhāsanam rājyam.
द्यूतं हि नाम पुरुषस्य असिंहासनं राज्यम्
The game of dice, to a gambler, is really a kingdom
without the throne.
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with the only exception of allowing explicitly the absence or disquali-
fication of one quality. To be more clear, the excellence of a thing is
implicitly stated here by comparing it to a valued object, yet mention-
ing some extra-ordinary difference, and the special difference men-
tioned in such expressions means absence of only one quality in one
of the things. But Ruyyaka considers it as just the opposite of
Vibhāvanā and the later scholars except Bhoja have followed the
same line. According to them, Višeşokti simply means non-appearane of
effect even though there is a cause for it.
Logically cause is the immediate antecedent of the effect, and,
therefore, where there is a cause, there must be an effect following
the cause. But in the poet's world, this rule may not apply, and, in
spite of a cause the effect may not appear because there must have
been some extra-ordinary reason for which normal appearance of
the effect is hindered. This is, in brief, the basic idea of Viseşokti.
But Bhoja's definition is different from the previous one. Višeșokti,
according to him, is a statement of excellence with excess or
paucity. Vāmana's definition is quite different from those of his
predeccssors and followers. Ruyyaka and Jagannātha observed that
Vāmana's Viseşokti is identical with Rüpaka (Metaphor).
Višeşokti occurs in three ways:
(i) when the cause is explicitly stated,
(ii) when the cause is not explicitly stated and
(iii) when the cause seems impossible to be conceived.
But Dandin gives a separate group of its four varieties :
(i) ineffectiveness of attribute (guṇa-vaikalya),
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
eg 1.
159
ineffectiveness of genus or distinguishing properties
(jāti-vaikalya),
ineffectiveness of action (kriyā-vaikalya) and
ineffectiveness of specific objects (dravya-vaikalya).
dyūtam hi nāma puruṣasya asimhāsanam rājyam.
द्यूतं हि नाम पुरुषस्य असिंहासनं राज्यम्
The game of dice, to a gambler, is really a kingdom
without the throne.
Digitized by
Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN