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A figure should neither be detrimental to a Ta nor should it be there in the verse without any obvious purpose.
The following verse taken from the first act of pigiaa illustrates as to how a figure of speech serves the purpose of heightening the effect of a Th.
The verse is addressed to the bee that molested giaan by hovering round her face. The meaning of the verse is:-." You are touching frequently her eyest hat are tremulous and the corners of which are moving; you are humming softly, while hovering, near her ears-as if to communicate some secret; you are drinking the (nectar of her ) nether lip ( the treasure of love ), though she is warding you off with her hands. Thus you alone are blessed, Oh bee! while I am undone seeking, as I am, the truth of things.
Here the figure of speech is Fahraifth, as it faithfully delineates the characteristics of a bee. It heightens the effect of TITTA which is predominant in the verse. The bee is conceived to be, as it were, a lover of FIETST, on account of its various movements strikingly similar to those of a lover.
In the following verse 'स्रस्तःस्रग्दामशोभाम् ' etc. the predominant sentiment is it, but its effect is completely marred by the figure Ich with its auxiliary figure થશ્લેષ.
" While this girl is sporting, regardless of the twisting of her waste which is bending on account of the weight of her breasts, her beautiful tresses, all dishevelled through sheer pain as it were, throw away the beautifully arranged wreaths of flowers. Intoxicated as she is while sporting, the anklets attached
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