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allude to it in the words 'तञ्च वार्तामियानेषु वर्षनास्वपि दृश्यते' (I. 85). But Dandin does not define the fignre ara. He probably disapproved of it and included some examples of it under स्वभावोक्ि. He takes the example गतोऽस्तमर्क: cited by some old writer and says that even that example may be good poetry if the suggested sense be taken (but if the plain meaning is the only one intended it is not काव्य). Vide काव्यप्रकाश (5th उल्लास p. 240 of Va .. ) for nine different meanings that these words may suggest1 to different persons. These words गतोऽस्तमर्क: are well- known examples (मूर्धाभिषिक) like the famous दशदाडिमादिवाक्य (which occurs in भामह at IV. 8) that is cited in the शाबरभाष्य (p. 47 and p. 1252 on जै. IV. 3. 10 Anan ed.) and महाभाष्य (vol. I. p. 38, ed. by Kielhorn) 'भनर्थकानि। दश दाडिमानि, षडपूपा :. ' (g) The verse अद या मम गोविन्द is given by both as an example of प्रेय :. The argument of Mr. Trivedi is that Bhamaha cites his authority if he is quoting from another, while दस्डी does not do so, as in the case of the verse लिम्पतीव. This argu- ment does injustice to दगडी. दएडी does clearly indicate that he is citing another's verse 'viz लिम्पतीव' as a well-known example by using the words इतोदमपि in the latter half of काव्यादर्श II. 226. As remarked above (p. 86) भामह's text is not so imma- culate as to inspire complete confidence. So the first part of the argument really begs the whole question. There are other considerations also. भामह does not even define प्रेय: and ऊर्जस्वि and cites one example (III.5 and 7) of each; while दएडी defines both and gives two examples of प्रेय :. The obvious con- clusion is that arHT found both figures defined by some predece- ssor and was content simply to cite an example or probably he disapproved of these as figures of speech and following older authoritics simply cited examples. Therefore, it is going too far to say that दगडी takes the example from भामह. One may perhaps more plausibly argue that भामह borrows from दसडी one of the latter's two examples. The verse भध या मम (काव्यादर्श II. 276) is similar in purport to the महाभारत 'या प्रीतिः पुएडरीकाक्ष तवा- गमनकारखात्। सा किमाख्यायते तुभ्यमन्तरात्मासि देहिनाम्।' (उद्योग. 89.24).

1 सोमेश्वर in his टीका on का. प्र. (folio 88b) says 'तथा गतो ... पतियः' इत्यादौ प्रसाद-श्लेष-समता-माधुर्य-सौकुमार्यार्थव्यक्कीनां गुणाना सद्भावेशपि काव्यव्यवहाराप्रवृत्ते:।'