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ADHYAYA IV काव्य has already been defined by हेमचन्द्र as 'सगुणौ pregryf.' qu again is defined in general as 'excellence in a sentence that contributes to the development of a ta ( sentiment ). Now in the following sutras the number of pots and their definitions have been given.
There are only three गुणs namely माधुर्य, ओजस and gang. There are neither ten quts as the old rhetoricians such as pa and others think nor five as others think. The reason for regarding the guts as three only is this that other quis can be easily included under these three quts on the strength of their very definitions. This has been ably shown by 497 in his commentary,
These quts or poetic excellences in reality belong to the gas and only secondarily to the word and sense in which they are embodied.
In the second sutra the excellence Argi is defined: Angel is that quality which causes the heart of a reader melt. This qu is predominantly found in the poems containing HITTE (WHITHI ). Argo is the quality even of as such as 19 347 and others that are helpful to this HHIITKIT.
माधुर्य in its intense form is seen in शान्त, करुण and विप्रलम्भशृङ्गार.
The following are the characteristic conditions of Arga:
(1) In it letters with the nasals belonging to their respective classes should come.
(2) No letter of g class should come in. (3) Short forms of ? and of may be used.
(4) As far as possible compounds should not come in.
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