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23 [P. 35. A. 1. S. 14. purpose of rendering the words and sense picturesque and beautiful.
249 has drawn a nice distinction between qur and अलंकार. गुणs (excellences) are the attributes of a रस (the fiz ) and figures are the embellishments of words and sense-( the 1ie. body ). It is habitual with Sanskrit poets to describe poetry by employing a grand metaphor : Poetry is a person ( rather a female person ). is his soul. Word and sense constitute his body. Excellences are the inner qualities of his soul, ( ie. tа) but as these excellences as well as faults are manifested through the body (ie. word and sense ) only, they are, in a secondary sense, said to belong to this body (ie. word and body ). Figures are ornaments of the body of this person. It is quite clear that these ornaments solely rest upon the body and have nothing to do with the soul of the person. Sometimes, however, as the bravery or other such qualities of a person are beautifully indicated by the peculiar warrior-like attire of the person, similarly, figures of speech serve as a happy indication of the inner sentiment. If the figures, however, do not heighten the effect of 77, they should, as a rule, not be employed at all. Even if these figures are taken out from a poem, they do not at all mar the charm of that poem.
हेमचन्द्र, in his विवेक, quotes examples showing that the figures, even if taken out of a verse, do not at all spoil it.
Sutra 14:--A figure of speech should always be employed only at the proper time and only at a place where they are agreeable to a sentiment.
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