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explains it. This is neither expressed nor indicated but experienced or felt by or revealed to the appreciative, sympathetic and responsive reader. In other words, the word Pratitivişaya in the gloss, as explained in the Viveka commentary, refers to the Svasaṁvedanasiddhatā of the Pratiyamāna sense. This felt nature of the suggested sense is brought out very well in the Dhvanyāloka (1.4) which Hemachandra quotes (p.47, Viveka). The Kārika is intended to show that the suggested sense is quite distinct from
sed sense and can in no way be equated with the Vācyārtha as it is Sahşdayaślaghya, Kavyātmā, Kavyasārarüpatayāsthitaḥ i.e., the very essence or all-in-all of the poetic expression. To drive this point home, Ānandavardhana employs the analogy of the supple grace of the excellent beauty of a lovely mainden. This is the irrestible and capativating appeal of the Dhvani sense. Abhinavagupta explains that this Lāvanya is suggested by the form of the person but it is distinct from the form and is a different sort of attribute which appeals to us. So it is not merely a defectless or decorated body that makes for Lavanya; for a woman with an appearance that is devoid of any observeable physical defect such as squintedness etc. and with a body decked with ornaments, still comes to be described as a woman without charm or appeal; on the other hand, a woman not possessed of the above assets is quite often referred to as a moonlight o nectar of grace by the connoisseurs. Hence it is clear that Lāvanya does not stand in the relation of Anvaya or Vyatireka, j.e., agreement and difference. Naturally, therefore, it is independent of Doșa, Guņa and Alamkāra, and is a special charm or grace - altogether different from the other, worldly features. Like Lavanya, the aesthetic meaning or Pratiyamanartha is equally distinct from mere absence of Doșas and mere presence of Alamkaras like Upama, Rupaka, etc., and is comparable to Lāvanya in the Kavyasarira. Again since this Lāvanya is always apprehended by the true connoisseurs of art, its existence is an irrefutable fact. This is the felt meaning
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