काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

अथ सप्तम उल्लासः काव्यस्वरूपं निरूप्य दोषाणां सामान्यलक्षणमाह मुख्यार्थहतिर्दोषो रसश्च मुख्यस्तदाश्रयाद्वाच्यः । उभयोपयोगिनः स्युः शब्दाद्यास्तेन तेष्वपि सः ॥ ४९ ॥ हतिरपकर्षः । शब्दाद्याः इत्याद्यग्रहणाद्वर्णरचने । विशेषलक्षणमाह दुष्टं पदं श्रुतिकटु च्युतसंस्कृत्यप्रयुक्तमसमर्थम् । निहतार्थमनुचितार्थं निरर्थकमवाचकं त्रिधाश्लीलम् ॥५०॥ CHAPTER VII OF DEFECTS Having described the form of Poetry, the author states the general definition of defects (the absence of which he has made a necessary condition in all poetry) :— Defect is the repressor of the principal meaning ; the ‘ principal meaning ’ being the Passion, as also the Expressed Meaning, which is essential for the manifestation of the Passion ;—both of these requiring the aid of Word and the rest, Defects pertain to these latter also. 49. ‘ Repressing ’ is hindering the agreeableness. ‘ Word and the rest.—The phrase ‘ and the rest ’ is meant to include Letters and Syntactical construction (i. e. Sentence). The author now proceeds to add specific definitions of particular Defects.— The defective Word is such as—(1) unpleasant to the ear, (2) lacking correctness, (3) unconventional, (4) incapable