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words that are quite necessary to the context are dropped. For example, in the verse quoted from Venisamhāra (1. 11), the word Asmabhiḥ is necessary in the second line and the word Ittham is required in the beginning of the fourth line, but both are not mentioned. Consequently the fault of deficient words occurs here. Much in the same way, in the next verse (213) from the Vikramorvasiyam (IV. 29), the word Aparādhalavam is wrongly used; for, it means 'what little offence', which is absurd. Here, to suit the context, an additional 'Api' is required; hence there occurs the fault of Nyūnapa - datva. Similarly in verse 214, the method of using the forms of the pronoun Idam continued in the first three lines is abandoned in the fourth line, thus, giving rise to deficiency of words. In the same way, in the next Prakrit verse (214), the Upameyas, as against the Upamānas, are not mentioned actually and hence the blemish of deficient words occurs here. However, at times, the dropping of some words renders the stanza more charming than when they are used. In other words, the blemish turns into a Guņa, as, e.g., in Verse 216, cited from the Amarušataka (40). In this verse, a woman in the course of a sexual act, addresses her lover with supreme joy, and in her excitement, utters broken sentences. But, these broken words add to the beauty of the poem. Neutralization of Dosas
Sometimes the omission of necessary words is neither a fault nor any merit. In the verse from Kālidaas's play called 'Vikramorvasiyam', from 'Tişthet.... to Prabhāvapihita', there is one sentence. After that, with a view to make the sense clear "Naitat yatah' or some such words ought to follow, but they are not used; still, the sense can be ealisy inferred. Therefore, the omission of necessary words in this case is neither a Guņa nor a Dosa. 111
The Viveka Commentary comments on the expression. *Avasyavācyasya' in the definition of Nyünapada. Here the expression means that the dropped or omitted words or deficient
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