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(P. 381. A. 6. s. 18.
(2) This additional quality of the 3912 may show either its superiority or inferiority over the उपमान,
(3) This superiority or inferiority may either be directly said or suggested.
(4) The words showing resemblance may be used or may not be used.
Thus in all safata is of eight kinds.
Verse 616 nasta: surpassing. Here m alad: shows ( directly ) the superiority of the king over all other persons.
___If in this verse तुच्छस्यान्यजनस्येव is taken to be the reading, then 'gas' directly shows the inferiority of the 59417 (8777477).
___ In verse 617 असिमात्रसहायः and धृतेनिधिः show directly the superiority of the king over other persons. 29727gegaad shows the inferiority of other persons.
Both the superiority of the king and the inferiority of other persons are directly, and simultaneously shown here. In verse 618 both the superiority of the woman practising austere penance and the inferiority of other ascetics are not directly expressed.
In all the four instances mentioned above, the word expressing resemblance is used.
But in the following four instances this word ( 591198 ) is not used.
Takha ataen etc. has no 39719177.
In 621 there is neither any mention of the superiority of the उपमेय nor of the inferiority of the उपमान.
Sometimes sinton comes with the figure aziatas, but it, then, becomes a case of the figure 4 and will be " treated under सङ्कर.
Hafaat-31 is the next figure of speech. It occurs
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