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Hemachandra, however, looks upon Vamana's fivefold Arthaprauḍhi (Ojas) as a mere fanciful expression or strikingness of sense and criticises it. The Sabhiprayatva variety of the Ojas of Sense is not a Guna, but merely the absence of the blemish called Apuṣṭārthatva. Besides, to affirm intention in regard to sense is a folly. If it is of the speaker and hearer, then it cannot be an Arthaguna. If it consists in implying another idea, then it is the same as the intention of the speaker arising due to the poet's power; for, it does not arise if not presented poetically. Hence, Prauḍhi is in fact of the Speaker only you may freely affirm it of the sense; enough of it.
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(2) Prasada is defined by Bharata as that Guna by which, even without being told, the sense of the word is clear because of the fact that the idea comes out even before the words come out (or the idea is expressed in easy words: Sukhasabdarthayogat). Both the Kasi Edition and the K. M. Edn. Sukhsabdartha' to imply quick and easy comprehension.
But the followers of Vamana dub the illustrative verse (407) as an expression of substantives promoted by adjectives. So, Prasada is looseness (Saithilya) (VKAS 3. 1. 6).
Now the question is how this Prasāda can be a Guna since it means looseness of composition or style which is the reverse of Ojas (or Gaḍhabandhatva); so, it is a Dosa.
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Vamana replies that this Saithilya by itself is a Dosa, but it is called the Guna 'Prasada' because of its association or co-existence (Samplava) with Ojas.
How can there be admixture of two opposite qualities, i.e., Saithilya and Gaḍhatva? Well, knowlebgeable critics like jewellers say that it is clearly experienced that these contrary qualities of Gaḍhatva and Saithilya exist together. It is also said: "Just as in Tragedies the co-existence of Sorrow and Joy is a matter of experience for connoisseurs, even so association of Ojas and Prasada is felt to be true in actual experience."
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