काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

258 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA यत्रैको दोषः प्रदर्शितस्तत्र दोषान्तराण्यपि सन्ति तथापि तेषां तत्राप्रकृतत्वात्प्रकाशनं न कृतम् ।।५५-५७।। कर्णावतंसादिपदे कर्णादिध्वनिनिर्मितिः । संनिधानादिबोधार्थम् अवतंशादीनि कर्णाद्याभरणान्येवोच्यन्ते । तत्र कर्णादि- शब्दाः कर्णादिस्थितिप्रतिपत्तये । यथा अस्याः कर्णावतंसेन जितं सर्वं विभूषणम् । तथैव शोभतेत्यर्थमस्याः श्रवणकुण्डलम् ।।२८६।। The words used here have an implication which points to the male organ (and thus this becomes 'indecorous'). Though in several cases, a verse that has been cited as an example of a certain defect, contains other defects also, yet these latter have not been pointed out, as not being quite pertinent to the context. 55-57. In such expressions as 'Karṇāvataṁsa' and the like, the introduction of the term 'karṇa' is for the purpose of expressing proximity. Such words as 'avataṁsa' and the like denote the ear-ring itself; the addition of the term 'karṇa' 'ear' (in the compound 'karṇāvataṁsa') serves the purpose of expressing proximity [and hence it cannot be regarded as 'redundant']. Examples of such use are found in the following verses— ' Asyāḥ karṇāvataṁsena Jitaṁ sarvaṁ vibhūṣaṇam Tathaiva śobhatetyartham Asyāḥ śravaṇakuṇḍalam.