Alamkaradappana

Author(s): H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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suņdara-paa-viņņāsaṁ vimalālamkāra-rehia-sarīram | sui-deviaṁ ca kavvam ca paņavia' pavara-vaņņaddhaṁ || 1
Homage firstly to the Godess of Learning who takes steps beautifully, whose body is adorned with bright ornaments and who is refulgent with abundant lustre and (secondly) to Poetry that has beautifully structured diction, that has a form illuminated with pure figures of speech and that is rich in excellent sound patterns.
savvāiṁ kavvāim savvāim jeņa homti bhavyāim tamalaṁkāram bhaạimo 'lamkāram ku-kavi-kavväņam ||'2
We propose to describe (the chief figures of speech), due to which all the poems become worthy of hearing and gain loftiness and which cry halt to the compositions of worthless poets.
accarta-suṁdaraṁ pi hu ņiralamkāram janammi kiraṁtam | kāmiņi-muham va kavvaṁ hoi pasaņņam pi vicchāam || 3
A poem and a damsel's face inspite of being very beautiful and lucid, if they are bereft of ornaments, would appear lustreless to the people.
tā jāņiūņa ņiuņam lakkhijjai' bahu-vihe alamkāre) jehiṁ alamkariāim bahu maņņijjaħti kavvāim || 4
Hence becoming thoroughtly conversant with numerous types of the figures of speech, we define and describe them here so that the poems beautified with them get excellent reception.
uvamā-ravaa-divaa- rohāņuppāsa-aisaa-visesā l' akkheva-jāi-vairea-rasia-pajjāa-bhaņiā u || 5
Upamā, Rūpaka, Dipaka, Rodha, Anuprāsa, Atiśaya, Visesa, Aksepa, Jāti, Vyatireka, Rasita, Paryāya-bhanita,
Begins : Oṁ namaḥ Sarasvatyai. Jail. 1. panaviațional 4.1. lakkhijjaha. nal & Prics...visesam i