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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
 
सारो नाम पदोत्कर्षः सारता चेद् यथोत्तरम् । च. ५.८८

वस्तुस्पृहनीयत्वे विश्रान्तिं चेदद्यथोत्तरम् तनुते ।

सारो नाम तदानीं कथितोऽलंकारः सारज्ञैः। ए. ८.४८

उत्तरोत्तरमुत्कर्षो वस्तुनः सार उच्चयते। सा. १०.८८

यत्र निर्धारितात् सारात् सारं सारं ततस्ततः ।
 

निर्धार्यते यथाशक्ति तत् सारमिति कथ्यते ॥ वा. का. ४.१२३

उत्तरोत्तरं यत्र सारोत्कर्षः सः सारः । अ. शे. ३७

उत्तरोत्तरमुत्कर्षः सार इत्यभिधीयते । कु. १०५

सैव संसर्गस्योत्कृष्टाभावरूपत्वे सारः । र. ३
 

 
<headword>सूक्ष्म</headword>
 
सूक्ष्मम् Sūksṣmam : Subtle :
 

 
The word sūkşṣma literally means subtle, artful, minute, precise, delicate,

sharp, acute, penetrating etc. As a figure of speech Sūkṣma denotes an

ornamental device of literary expression that gives a subtle mean-

ing expressed through the words of gesture and posture (ākāra or

ingita). It is called Sūkṣma or subtle because of its artful technique

of expression bringing out special poetic charm.
 

 
According to Amarakoṣa ākara and ingita are synonymous, but

there are others who admit slight difference btween them.

According to them ākāra is gesture of the limbs and ingita is move-

ment of the eyes. Dandṇḍin acknowledges Hetu, Sūkṣma and Leśa as

standard figures of speech (ultama bhusaņttama bhuṣaṇa). But Bhāmaha is reluc

tant to accept them as literary devices in the domain of poetry.

Some later rhetoricians have admitted that the intended meaning

expressed by the subtle device of Sūkṣma is really charming and it

can be apprehended only by an intelligent reader.
 

 
It may be argued that the subtle sense implied in Sūkṣma is a

kind of beautiful idea expressed in a charming way.
 

 
eg 1 samṃketa-kālamanasamṃ vitamṭaṃ jñātvā vidagdhayā.

hasan netrārpitākūtamṃ līlāpadmamṃ nimīlitam.
 

संकेतकालमनसं विटं ज्ञात्वा विदग्धया ।
 

हसर्न्नेत्रार्पिताकूतं लीलापद्मं निमीलितम् ॥
 
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