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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
Isn't it the moon? (Then) what's this?
This is my love's moon-face.
eg 2. neda
nemās ca tārā nava-phena-
nāya
nāsau kalankaḥ śayito murāriḥ.
नेदं नभोमण्डलमम्बुराशिरि नेमाश्च तारा नवफेनभंगाः ।
नायं शशी कुण्डलितो फणीन्
It's not the expanse of the sky, but the ocean,
These are not the stars, but foams in accumulation;
It's not the moon, but the serpent-king coiled,
That's not a black spot, but Lord Murāri lying in bed.
In the first example, the face of the lady love, compared to the
moon, has been denied and then it has been established as the
moon itself.
In the second example, all the objects of description (like the
sky, the stars, the moon and the black spot) have been denied and
then other objects similar to these in form or quality have been
established.
established.
Definitions
अपह्
अपह्नुतिरभीष्टा च किञ्चिदन्तर्गतोपमा ।
भूतार्थापह्नवादस्याः क्रियते चाभिधा... ॥ भा. का. ३.२१
अपह्
भूतार्थापह्नवेनास्या निबन्धः क्रियते बुधैः ॥ अ. सं.
समेन वस्तुनाऽन्यापलापोऽप
अतिसाम्यादुपमेयं यस्यामसदेव कथ्यते सदपि
५
उपमानमेव सदिति च विज्ञेयाप
अन्यदर्पयितुं रूपं वर्णनीयस्य वस्तुनः ।
स्वरूपापह्नवो यस्यामपह्
अपह्
पदार्
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN