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(P. 307. A. 5. S. 4. But all these countless varieties of 76 serve only to exhibit the powers of versification possessed by a poet-( कविशक्तिख्यापनमात्रफलत्वेन ) and do not ever instruct the readers in any of the four gegrüs i. e. goals of life (W, 244, #TA, ATA ); they are, therefore, regarded as काव्यगड-impediments in the enjoyment of a रस. गडु is a joint or a piece of sugar-cane having no juice in it.
Cf साहित्यदर्पण's remarks on all kinds of चित्रकाव्य (canto 10th-12th $7 ).
"A poem is composed ”, argues 24*, " to stimulate weak-minded men on to the goal of life. But even understanding यमक and other varieties of चित्रकाव्य requires a great straining of one's faculty of understanding; Fag 109, therefore, strangles the course of a 7 and as such is never delightful in the end. Even the figures of speech in themselves are not desirable if they mar the development of a , much more so, therefore, these varieties of यमक and other चित्रकाव्यs.
Well might hand remark, therefore, that it is only parading one's power or it is a sort of blind imitation of our predecessors to indulge in the composition of these varieties of चित्रकाव्य (see the कारिकाs of लोलट quoted by हेमचन्द्र ). चित्रकाव्य is so called because of its creating a sense of wonder or possibly because it is as attractive to the eyes (merely) as a picture.
Some of the varieties of fart are defined and illustrated below :
For instance, in the verse 463 all the vowels are short. In the Commentary there is a funny instance of a poem full of long vowels (a g etc.)
In the verse 479, only one consonant is employed. Some poems are composed with letters belonging to
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