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simply led away by the celebrity of things. For instance, the moon-stone melts only when it sees the moon and not when it sees the lovely face of a woman. FA2 would take this to be an instance of अर्थान्तरन्यास.
Verse 545: This is said by चन्दनदास in मुद्राराक्षस 1-21. Overhead is the dense mass of clouds; and my beloved is far away from me; what an unexpected calamity is this! An enraged cobra is on the head, and the herbs that would act as a sure remedy for a snake-bite are far away on the Himalayas.
Here if we follow the context strictly, this must be taken as two independent illustrations corroborating the statement which is outside this verse.
But if 3 etc. is the statement regarding the subject-matter, then the statement in the second line of this verse will serve as an illustration. In either case this will be an instance of far even according to मम्मट, because his definition of निदर्शना is अभवन्वस्तुसंबंध उपमा परिकल्पकः, here the man has cobra on his head but the statement serves merely as an illustration.
Where either a general or a particular statement is substantiated by a particular statement, there is the figure निदर्शना, but where a particular statement is substantiated by a general statement, there is the figure अर्थान्तरन्यास.
Verse 546
etc. दैवतरूपाङ्कितं रत्नम् : a jewel on which the figure of some God or Goddess is carved.
Verse 547 339 a small boat.
This verse is cited as an मम्मट in his काव्यप्रकाश. The verse an instance of प्रतिवस्तूपमा by मम्मट.
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