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imparted by the preceptor.
A series of appropriate similes bring out the effect of fear created on the mind of the heroine as she saw the villain coming to her palace; Madanarekha is here compared to a female elephant, a cow, a doe, a female sparrow respectively in the presence of a lion, a leopord, and a hawk,80 The poet is adept at skillfully presenting an idea through the similes based on paronomasia, as, for instance, when he describes the lovelorn condition of king Maniratha, or Madanarekha in her pregnancy, An instance of well-known simile utilized in a peculiar manner is to be found when the poet compares his preceptor to a lotus, 92 And we have a purely Jainistic similes in the course of the description of the Spring season where the poet brings in Bharatakhadṇa, Aryavarta, Jiva-nikaya, Trasa-kayas, Babyatapas and Samiina-bhava for the purpose of comparisions,93
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(2) Rupaka:
Among his metaphors, a few are quite notable for their striking freshness and originality. Thus, we have an appropriate metaphor based on a series of Hetütprekṣas when the poet describes the effect of the religious instruction by Madanarekha on the agitated mind of dying Yugabahu, as has been described by him in his next birth of a celestial being. Then, we have metaphors based on popular trades and hobbies like blacksmithery," gardening, dyeing and bleaching, and drinking. In one instance, the poet has brought out the evils of conflict in an appropriate metaphor likening it to a Bunyan tree. The metaphor sounds rather strange when a Katha is identified with a meal,100 or the sons to the swans resting in the lotus in the form of a mother's womb,101
(3) Utpreksa:
Of the few original imageries, the most noteworthy are found in the instances where the poet describes the setting Sun, 102 the gradually appearing
88. MRA, Intro. vs. 47. 89. MRA, pp. 70-71. 90. Op. cit., p. 61(1-5). 91. Op. cit., p. 85(6ff.). 92. Op. cit., Intro. vs. 6. 93. Op. cit., p. 87(2.). 94. Op. cit., p. 121(7ff.). 95. Op. cit., 90, vs. 199. 96. Op. cit., p. 98, vs. 224. 97. Op. cit., pp. 99-100, vs. 231. 98. Op. cit., p. 100, vs. 232. 99. Op. cit., p. 162. vs. 423. 100. Op. cit., Intro. vs. 30. 101. Op. cit., p. 122(16). 102. Op. cit., p. 91, vs. 201.
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