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nevertheless, they are found to be useful in a composition only when they heighten the effect of the Rasa. But when they do not contribute to the heightening of the emotional atmosphere or when they hinder the process of Rasa realisation, they need not be employed. In fact, such figures of speech can be taken out of a poetic composition without in anyway detracting from the beauty of the poem. In other words, Guņas, being intimately connected with Rasa, the soul of poetry, can never be removed or rejected, but Alamkāras being the external appendages of the body of a poem consisting of word and sense, can be used or discarded without affecting the charm of the sentence or its Rasa. In order to make this exposition clear, Hemachandra quotes verses to provide concrete illustrations, demonstrating the truth of his observation that figures either of word or sense, even if removed or altered, do not at all mar the charm of a poem. He first gives an example of the alteration of a śabdālaṁkära or figure of word in the verse Alaṁkrtajatācakram etc. Here the expression Cārucandramaricibhiḥ containing the Anuprāsa figure of word (alliteration) in the second hemistich, is changed to Taruņendumaricibhib without altering the meaning of the verse which consists in intense love and deep reverence for Lord Siva. In another instance, the removal of a figure of meaning is attempted by retaining the Arthāntaranyāsa figure of sense, though discarding the figure simile (Upamā) in Bālamīņālakalpaih by substituting Kelicakora-lehyaih. Here, in spite of the fact that a good simile is removed from the verse, no change in the principle sentiment of love occurs - it neither increases nor decreases the charm of this sentiment. In the next verse (129). we have an example of adding a figure of speech pertaining to the sense, without, however, adding to or detracting from the sentimental value of the expression. The verse in question is the same as appeared under Sūtra 10 to illustrate the poetic convention that allows the statement of a non-existent thing. The idea expressed herein is that the female-peacocks mistake the web of the rays emanating from
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