नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XVII. 96] DICTION OF A PLAY 317

Want of Synthesis

[When a sentence is] completed within [each] foot [of a verse] it [is an instance of] Want of Synthesis (abhiplutārtha)$^2$.

Logical Defect

93. Anything devoid of reasoning is an example of Logical Defect (nyāyād-apeta)$^1$.

Metrical Defect

Lapse in the metrical structure is called Metrical Defect (viṣama, lit. unevenness).

Hiatus

94. When words [which should combine in Sandhi] are kept separate it is [an instance of] Hiatus (visandhi).

Slang

When a sound or accent is dropped it is an instance of slang (śabdacyuta, lit. lapse in a word)$^1$.

Guņas

95. These are the faults of a poetical work properly described by me. Guņas (merit) are their negation and are characterised by sweetness and depth of meaning$^1$.

The ten Guņas

96. The ten Guņas are : Synthesis (śleṣa, lit, union), Perspicuity (prasāda), Smoothness (samatā), Concentration (samādhi),

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and the laughter of Śiva. Any one simile would have been enough. Each simile here serves the same purpose and hence Tautology has occurred (Ag.). See Bhāmaha, IV. 12.

$^2$ Read samāpyate (ms. na. in B.) for samasyate. An example of this is स राजा नीतिकुशलः सरः कुमुदशोभितम् । सर्वप्रिया वसन्तश्री योषि मालतिकागमः. Here all the four feet contain four complete sentences which are not connected with one another by sense.

93 (C.93; B.XVI.93). $^1$ nyāyād-apetam = deśakāla-viruddham etc. (Ag.) 'defying the limitation of place and time'. Bhāmaha's deśa-kāla-kalā-lokanyāyāgama-virodhitā (IV.28ff) seems to be included in this.

94 (C.94; B.XVI.94). $^1$ Such dropping occurred probably due to the Prakritic habit in speech.

95 (C.95; B.XVI.95). $^1$ Vāmana holds the opposite view (guṇa-viparyayātmāno doṣāḥ II. 1.1.) and according to him Guṇas are positive entities (kāva-śobhāyāḥ kartāro dharmā guṇāḥ, III, 1. 1).

96 (C.96; B.XVI.96). $^1$ Bhāmaha, III. 1. 4., and Daṇḍin, I.41-94.,