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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
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VJ S.No. (5.20) supra.
27. The stanza is incomplete, corrupt and obscure. 28. Kuntaka cites this gāthā as an example of the figure Akşepa. “Suggestion by
way of a denial for the sake of heightening the beauty or charm of the main subject matter" constitutes the figure Aksepa.
This example is later cited in A'sarvasva by Ruyyaka in the same context (vide A Sarvasva S.No. (42.444) infra.
