238. ABAINAVAGUPTA'S THEORY OF MEANING 263

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a distinct object, it is a case of pun or ślesa. At times, however, it happens that the two meanings do not refer to two distinct objects but stand for the attributes of one and the same, as in the following case :--

Tasyā vināpi hāreņa Nisargādeva hāriņau lidv Janayāmāsatuh kasya Vismayam na payodharau." Here the word harinau has got two meanings :- (i) Heart captivating. (ii) Garlanded. But both of them refer to the breasts of the lady as its adjuncts. The second meaning coming together with vinapi harena (even without garland ) gives rise to the consciousness of false contradiction, "garlanded even without garland." That such a false consciousness of contradiction is intended to be directly conveyed is made clear by the word "api" (even). This quotation, therefore, has both the embellishments, Śleşa and Virodhābhāsa.

But when the words have two conventional meanings and they do not refer to two distinct things, nor the pur- pose of the second meaning is to convey the idea of an additional embellishment, as revealed by any such word as "api" in the above illustration and yet the second meaning serves to beautify the first, that is an instance of Alankāra- dhvani, and the suggestion of the additional embellishment is due to the suggestive power of word. I. Śabdaśaktyudbhava. The following will illustrate the poiht in hand :-

"Atrāntare kusumasamayayugam upasamharan ajrmbhata grīsmabhidhanah phullamallikadhavalāțțahaso mahākālah."