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OCTOBER, 1894.] THE BHASHA-BHUSHANA OF JAS'WANT SINGH.
[Sahitya-darpaṇa, 723.]
The figure of the Exceeding is of two kinds: (a) In one, the contained is represented as vaster than the container. (6) In the other, the container is represented as vaster than the contained. Examples are:
Alpa alpa ádhéya té A guri ki mu dari huti
Translation.
The Exceeding.
(a) Thy fame cannot be contained within the limits of the seven continents and the nine regions.'
(6) In the seven continents and the nine regions, thy virtues are the theme of praise.'
Text. Alpalankara.
Alpa alpa ádhára té
Ati súchhama jo mana tahá
sikshma hội Ghra I
pahuchani karata vihara 131 ||
Translation.
The Less.
[Not in Sahitya-darpana.]
The Less is when the thing containing is represented as smaller than the thing contained, as for example :
It was a finger ring, and now she wears it on her wrist.' [This is a report of Uddhava to Krishna regarding the sad condition of the herd maidens of Gôkula. They are so wasted away in grief that their finger rings are actually used as wristlets.]
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[Padmakara-bhaṭṭa in the Padmabharana (160), gives a second variety of this figure, corresponding to the second variety of the Exceeding (v. 129 above).
Ika kau ika ádhára krama Yatha, sôratha:
Tô tana avadhi anupa Mô driga lugê ripa
jaha adheya bakhána
tá-hú té laghu mána 1 131a ||
(A second variety of the figure of) the Less is when the contained is represented as smaller than the container, as for example:
Very little is her heart, but still less is the indignation (contained therein)."]
[Text. Adhara-malalankara.
Not in Bhasha-bhushana. I have only met it in Lala-chandrika, 536, where it is defined as follows:
mála adhára su chahi 131b ||
rúpa lagyau saba jagata kau drigani lagi ati chatapat 131c ||
Translation.
The Serial Container.
When there is a succession of objects each contained in the preceding, it is the figure of the Serial Container (ádhára-málá), as for example:
Thy form is absolutely matchless. In thee is contained all the beauty of the world. In that beauty are immersed my eyes, and in my eyes is excessive agitation' This is really a variety of the Serial Illuminator (v. 140).]
