काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

336 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA उच्यते—इह दोषगुणालंकाराणां शब्दार्थगतत्वेन यो विभागः सः अन्वयव्यतिरेकाभ्यामेव व्यवतिष्ठते। तथाहि— कष्टत्वादिगाढत्वाद्यनुप्रासादयः व्यर्थत्वादिप्रौढाद्युपमा- दयस्तद्भावतदभावानुविधायित्वादेव शब्दार्थगतत्वेन व्यवस्था- प्यन्ते। cations; in such a composition, ‘coalescence’ serves the purpose of intimating the Simile and such other figures of speech; the ‘Coalescence’ or ‘Pun’ is of two kinds, ‘verbal’ (based upon the forms of words); and ‘ideal’ (based upon the meanings of words); and since both these kinds of Pun have been included by others among ‘Ideal Figures of Speech’, why should it be treated as a verbal figure of speech (as it is done in the present context)?” The answer to the above is as follows :— In the present connection, when we divide defects or excellences or figures of speech into ‘verbal’ and ‘ideal’. such a division is based upon a consideration of concomi- tances, positive and negative. [That is to say, when a certain defect pertains to and is concomi- tant with only the verbal form of words and takes no account of the meaning, it is classed as ‘verbal’; while it if is found to be concom- tant with and pertaining to the meaning of words and is not affected by the verbal forms, then it is classed as ‘ideal’]. For instance, Harshness (defect), Floridity (excellence), Alliteration (figure of speech) and the rest are classed as ‘verbal’, because they are dependent entirely upon the presence or absence of the verbal forms of words; and ‘Irrelevancy’ (defect), Boldness (excellence) and Simile (figure of speech) and the rest are classed as ‘ideal’, be- cause they are dependent entirely upon the presence or