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256 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA वाताहारतया जगद्विषधरैराश्वास्य निःशेषितं ते ग्रस्ताः पुनरभ्रतोयकणिकातीव्रव्रतैर्बर्हिभिः । तेपि क्रूरचमूरुचर्मवसनैर्नीताः क्षयं लुब्धकैर्- दम्भस्य स्फुरितं विदन्नपि जनो जाल्मो गुणानीहते॥२८२॥ अत्र वाताहारादित्रयं व्युत्क्रमेण वाच्यम् ॥ (२१) अरे रामाहस्ताभरण भसलश्रेणिशरण स्मरक्रीडाव्रीडाशमन विरहिप्राणदमन । Another example of the same ‘(defect of improper predication’ when the impropriety consists in the wrong order of the things spoken of)— ‘The world was emptied by the snakes, who inspired confidence by living upon air; the snakes themselves were devoured by peacocks undergoing the difficult penance of living on rain-drops from the clouds; these latter again were consigned to destruction by the fowlers clad in deer-skin;—even knowing the effects of religious hypocrisy, foolish people expect to find excellent qualities (in such persons)’. The three things mentioned here should have been mentioned in the reverse order. [The austerities should have been mentioned in the ascending scale: the less difficult coming before the more difficult; in the passage however the most difficult austerity, living upon air, has been mentioned first, and the least difficult, wearing of deer-skin, comes last; this spoils the effect of the climax.] (21) [Example of the ‘Improper (unsuitable) Adjunct’]— ‘O my friend, the Blue Lotus—who is an ornament for the hands of women, and the shelter of the line of black bees, who serves to suppress all modesty during love-