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SAHRDAYĀLOKA yathā līlámbuja-krīdāsaro
hemárgadā”dayah." ‘kānti guna' (beauty) is defined at I. 85 as,
"kāntam sarva-jagat-kāntam laukikártha-an-atikramāt, tac ca vārtábhidhāneșu
varṇanāsv api dṛśyate.” Kanta (beautiful) occurs when there is an absence of hyperbole, i.e. when things are described in a normally charming fashion and is seen both in conveying facts (= vārtá-bhidhāna) or in description of objects (varnanāsu api) and is liked by all. Thus kānti guna has a natural mode of expression and thereby it implies a world of ideas as is illustrated at I. 86, 87, as --
"gļhāņi nāma tāny eva taporaśir bhavādęśaḥ sambhāvayati yāny eva
pāvanaiḥ pāda-pāmsubhiḥ.” and,
"anayor anavadyángi stanayor jrmbhamāņayor avakāśo na paryāptaḥ
tava bāhu-latántare." In the first illustration, the praise-worthiness of the house is implied, and in the second, feeling of love with reference to the heroine is implied,
In samādhi-guņa (facilitation) (I. 93 K.D.), according to Dandin, somebody else's quality is superimposed on somebody else. This is a clear instance of laksanā based on similarity which is implied. K.D. I. 93 reads as -
"anyadharmas tatónyatra loka-sīmánurodhinā samyag ādhīyate yatra sa samadhiḥ smộto yathā."
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