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correct. It must be striking, charming and beautiful. In other words, it must have an aesthetic appeal. Grammar gives us various alternative forms of words and different words to convey the same sense. Out of these words and forms some are suited to poetry and some are not. Bhāmaha examines grammar in relation to poetry with the express aim of pointing out what words can be properly used or not used by poets who delight in Vakrokti (striking expression) :
वक्रवाचां कवीनां ये प्रयोग प्रति साधवः । प्रयोक्तुं ये न युक्ताश्च तद्विवेकोऽयमुच्यते ॥
-Bhāmaha VI. 23. He is, however, perfectly aware that it is impossible for any one to inquire from this point of view into the whole of Pāṇini's grammar :
सालातुरीयमतमेतदनुक्रमेण को वक्ष्यतीति विरतोऽहमतो विचारात् ।
-Bhāmaha VI. 62. ab. He, therefore, shows, merely the direction by his brief inquiry into Pāṇini's grammar.
In the course of his inquiry Bhāmaha sets forth some aesthetic considerations as regards the use or non-use of particular types of words by poets. He warns prospective poets not to use that word which is not in usage 'aprayukta') and therefore creates confusion in the reader's mind, e.g., 'hanti' (han, to kill, and to walk in the sense of 'gati". He should not employ unintelligible (durbodha) words like 'śrautra' (in the sense of 'śrotriya'), nor harsh words ('apeśala') like 'dusta's, nor vulgar words ('grāmya') like 'piņdiśūra', nor meaningless words ('apārthaka') like 'ditha'. He
4. The following synoptic contents of Bhämaha's Section on Sabdaśuddhi ("Purity of words")
clearly shows that only a part of this section inquires into Pāņini's rules of grammar from an aesthetic point of view :vv 1-3 : a fine Paramparitarūpaka of the ocean of grammar. vy 5-6 : stress on the importance of the study of grammar. vv 7-13 : investigation of the nature of the 'word'; denunciation of SPHOTAVĀDA, vv 14-22 : Critical examination of the meaning of the word; and refutation of APOHAVĀDA. v 23 : the aim of Bhāmaha (stated above) in writing the Section-Sabda-Suddhi. vv 24–30 : aesthetic considerations regarding the use or non-use df words by poets. vv 31-61 : an examination of some rules of Pāņini's grammar giving words which possess an
aesthetic appeal. wy 62-63 : praise of Pāņini's system of grammar. v 64 : conclusion.
vy 65-66 : Summing up of the contents of the whole work. 5. Rudrața VI. 5 and Mammața VII. v. 144 take it as an example of the flaw 'Asamartha'.
Namisadhu, however, aptly remarks : H aalag refsla Erta 31a Tarias 29: 6. qera : corresponds to Mammat's Śrtikațu doşa (VII. 141).
