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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1894.
(2) When honour does not accrue to the subject compared from the object with which it is usually compared. Thus Why art thou proud of thy face? See how fair the moon is (in comparison with it).'
(3) When the object with which comparison is usually made obtains dishonour from the subject compared. Thus By the piercing glances of her eyes, Cupid's arrows seem but blunt.'
(4) When the object with which comparison is usually made is declared to be not fully equal to the subject compared. Thus Who would compare to the (silvery darting) fish, her perfect eyes (floating in tears).'
(5) When the object with which comparison is usually made is declared to be useless beside the merits of the subject compared. Thus-The eyes of the deer are naught before her eyes.'
Text. Rapakalankara.
Hai rapaka dwaya bharti kau Adhika nyûna sama duhuna ké Mukha sasi ya sasi té adhika Ságara té upojau na yaha Naina kamala yaha aina hai Ga wana karata niki lagati Ati sobhita vidruma-adhara Tua mukha-pankaja bimala ati
mili tadrapa abhêda tini tini ye bhéda || 55 || udita jyoti dina ráti kamalá apara suháti | 56 | aura kamala kihi kama kanaka-lata yaha váma || 57 || nahi samudra-utpanna | sarasa suvása prasanna | 58 ||
Translation.
The Metaphor.
[Sahitya-darpana, 660 and ff.]
The metaphor is of two kinds according as it depends on (alleged) Resemblance (tadrúpa) or (alleged) Identity (abhéda), and each of these kinds has three varieties according as (the Resemblance or Identity of the thing compared) is Excessive (allika), Incomplete (nyúna), or Complete (sama).
(1) An example of a metaphor depending on Excessive Resemblance is ' Her face, moon, but more perfect than this moon (we see in heaven), for its radiance is ever in the skies both day and night.' [Here the face is said to resemble the moon and is not identified with it, and morcover it exceeds or surpasses the moon in the very point on which the resemblance is founded, viz., its full-orbed splendour.]
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(2) An example of a metaphor depending on Incomplete Resemblance is, 'She is not sprung from the sea, but she is another fair Lakshmi.' [Here the resemblance to Lakshmi is incomplete.]
(3) An example of a metaphor depending on Complete Resemblance is, There are eyes which are lotuses in this house, what need is there of (thy searching for) other lotuses (elsewhere)'? [Here a friend of the heroine invites the hero, as he is searching for lotas flowers, into the heroine's house. The resemblance between her eyes and the flower is represented as complete.]
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(4) An example of a metaphor depending on Excessive Identity is, 'The lady golden creeper, appeareth beautiful when walking.' [Here the lady is identified with a golden creeper, with the additional advantage of being able to walk.]
(5) An example of a metaphor depending on Deficient Identity is, 'Her coral-lips are glowing, though not sprung from the ocean.' [Here her lips are identified with coral, but with this deficiency that they are not ocean-born.]
