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audarya-refinement or propriety; and (6) spaṣṭatva-lucidity or expressiveness. The fourteenth rock edict of Asoka goes to show that, as early as the third century B, C., the Maurya emperor was aware of these merits and defects, at least of the fact that repetition was a defect of composition in a royal writ which might be excused only if it was needed for emphasis and elegance.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Explanations were required for repetitions and certain omissions, errors and irregularities in the edicts of Asoka. But as regards Kharavela's inscription, the composition of its text is free from all the defects mentioned above and is bright with the required qualities.
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