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P. 370. A. 6. S. 10.
It should be noted that HR in his #189786797 has given these two verses as instances of the figure gesrares which he treats as a seperate figure and defines as follows:
स्थाप्यतेऽपोह्यते वापि यथापूर्व परंपरम् । विशेषणतया यत्र वस्तु सैकावली द्विधा ॥
The beautiful manner of putting together several statements in the form of a chain is the remarkable feature of the figure pesta, and it is this that distin. guishes this figure from others. It is difficult to understand, therefore, why that should include this figure under अतिशयोक्ति. अयोगेऽपि योगः, that is to say, bringing together two unconnected ideas is so common that it can be found in many other figures of speech. As HAR has rightly remarked:
सैषा सर्वत्र वक्रोक्तिरनयाथों विभाव्यते ।।
यत्नोऽस्यां कविना कार्यों कोऽलंकारोऽनया विना ॥ Basrafah is almost indispensable to every figure of speech. But merely on that account the inclusion of these figures under a fasteife would be utterly ridiculous. Special features, therefore, that are really charming must give rise to different figures of speech.
___ The same objection can be raised against हेमचन्द्र's inclusion of the figures facriar and fasta under the figure sfatifit. Especially the subvariety of farcaiar, as illustrated in the verse “grafa faqataafsa etc. " quoted below, deserves seperate treatment, for it is based on the idea of resemblance and cannot, therefore, be included under अतिशयोक्ति.
Verse 576, contains a description of the mountain रैवतक ( modern गिरनार in Kathiawar.) ।
The mountain is so high that the rising sun and
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