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Svabhāvoktiḥ: Natural Description
 
स्मरणं प्रत्यभिज्ञानस्वप्नाद् याति न तद्बहिः । स. ३.४०
 

यथानुभवमर्थस्य दृष्टे तत्सदृशो स्मृतिः स्मरणम् । का. प्र. १९९
 

सदृशानुभवादन्यस्मृतिः स्मरणम् । अ. स. १४

सदृशदर्शनात् स्मरणं स्मृतिः । वा. ४०

सदृशदर्शनात् स्मरणं स्मृतिः । हे. का. ६.२४

सदृशानुभवात् स्मरणे स्मृतिः । च. १९
 

सदृशं सदृशानुभवात् यत्र स्मर्यते तत् स्मरणम् । ए. ८.५

सदृशानुभवाद् अन्यस्मृतिः स्मरणमुच्यते । प्र. ८.४७

सदृशानुभवाद् वस्तुस्मृतिः स्मरणमुच्यते । सा. १०.२६

स्मृतिः सादृश्यमूला या वस्त्वन्तरसमाश्रया ।

स्मरणालंकृतिः सा स्यादव्यङ्गत्वविशेषिता ॥ चि. १५६

सादृश्यज्ञानोद्बुद्धसंस्कारप्रयोज्यं स्मरणं स्मरणालंकारः । र. २
 
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<headword>स्वभावोक्ति</headword>
 
स्वभावोक्तिः Svabhāvoktih: Natural Description :
 

 
It is sva bhāva ukti. The word svabhāva means one's own nature, ukti

means expression or statement. Here svabhāva rhetorically signifies

charming and captivating nature of a thing represented in an artis-

tic way by the poet who is believed to possess the inner vision to

observe the minute refinements of all things in their natural form,

colour, action or appearance under different circumstances.

Therefore, this figure of speech signifies any kind of poetical

expression regarding the description of action, nature or circumstances

of a thing suited to its character or description of a thing in its own nature

or statement of exact nature of things.
 

 
From Bhāmaha's statement it is clear that there was a

controversy whether Svabhāvokti should be considered a figure or

not. But most of the later rhetoricians have accepted that charming

description of the nature of things by the poet gives an artistic

flavour to our taste. Daṇḍin informs us about another tradition

which establishes that Svabhāvokti, in the limited sense, is just a fig-

ure of thought, but, in the wider sense, all figurative expression is

either Svabhāvokti (Natural Description ) or Vakrokti (Artistic

Description).
 
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