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Dvyäśrayakāvya
of various upamānas will follow the list of words expressing an
upamā.
(i) Iva: It is used in about 23% of the total similes. I. 8, 29, 42, 67, 96, 180, 201; II. 3, 38, III. 4, 37, 67, 98, IV. 65, V. 67, 68, 90, 104, 114, 122 etc.
ii. Nu: This small particle has been used in about sixty (20%) similes because it is easily adjustable in a verse.
II. 37; III. 81; IV. 41, 47; V. 56, 76, 77, 82, 91, 94, 113, 120, 121, 133, VI. 11, 24, 41, 63 etc.
iii. Vat About forty similes are expressed by this word e.g. 1. 4, 37, 38, 69; II. 79; IV. 93; V. 83; XV. 18 etc.
iv. Yatha: It is used in about twenty verses. I. 34; II. 95; IV. 37; V 43; VIII. 92 etc.
V.
Sama: It is used in about eleven verses.
I. 49; III. 11, 159; IV. 13; V. 55; VI 65 etc.
vi. Upama : It is used in eight verses.
V. 4, 80; IX. 33, 64, 103; XIII. 31, 32; XV 98.
vii. Abha: It is used in eight verses
I. 50; IX. 36, 55, 57; XII. 49; XIV. 43; XV. 104; XVI. 49.
viii. Nibha: It is used in five verses only. I. 11; II. 72; IV 55; V. 51; XX. 75. ix. Tulya: It is used in three verses only. V. 95; VII. 55; XI. 50.
X. Kalpa: II. 65;
xi. Samāna VI. 102;
xii. Kvip: IX 93 and
xiii. Kyan III. 45 are used in
one verse each.
xiv. Other miscellaneous similes in compound etc. are seventy in number.
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