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P. 327. A. 5. S. 5. ] 174 हरिणी भूता (seperate words) where भूता is a form of भूतकृदन्तan instance of a pun on terminations.
Verse 484: a fad fastnet (1) in his throat (2) was swallowed (perf. of a) farinha facaat; 97 0197: (cupid) देहे (was burnt) and जाया च देहे दधे स अजः जयति puns on cases (tas and aa). Similarly in the verse 485:
era: feta: fağarzana: gag014'. In this sentence cart is 3rd per. sing (imperative) of 27 (1st conju. Atm.) (may he confer) but in अन्येऽपिजिनाः धर्मस्य प्रभवः (प्रभु plu). Fagaraiat: agah (imperative 3rd per. plu. 3rd. conju. Atm. of 1).
The pun here is on the numbers (1997) singular and plural. The word 917791a: is singular once, but then for the second time it is to be split into SIG SHT: and .. Similarly अस्तरजस्तमाः is once singular अस्त+रजस+ तमस् and once plural अस्त+रजस्+तम (superlative termination). All the instances given above are with regard to the pun HF ( in which words have got to be split into two or more parts in order to arrive at the double meaning ), but 3725 , in which no word-splitting is necessary, and in which the words as they stand are interpreted in two ways, is illustrated in the following verse ( 486 ) in which 791 means both a king and the moon at the same time because of the absence of the context. Can this instance of 8445 be regarded as an instance of stefnt (sense figure )?
“No,' says #974, ‘for if instead of the word 373 we substitute the word 274974 or fife, the disappears at once. Hence the figure is entirely dependent on words and thus it is a word-figure and not a sense-figure.
TEGETA 0817: terara 342€1:--this is called the method of azoufalta.
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