वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

INTRODUCTION 25 doves sleeping comfortably (because) perched on slabs of crystal from shores unknown' (ed. Hall, pp. 217–218). The udātta, or 'exalted,' is thus defined in the Sāhityadarpaṇa (No. 752; cf. Kāvyaprakāśa, tr. Jhā, p. 240, Benares, 1898; Kuvalayānandakārikā, 1. 162–163): lōkātiśayasampattivarṇanō "dāttam ucyatē yad vā "pi prastutasyā 'ṅgaṁ mahatāṁ caritaṁ bhavēt, 'the portrayal of extraordinary prosperity is called udātta, or it would even be the deeds of the great, (if they form) part of the subject in hand.' An illustration of this figure is found in another portion of the description just quoted: karpūrapūra- viracitapulinataṭaniviṣṭaninadānumīyamānarājahaṁsībhir, 'with flamingoes whose noise would imply that they had settled near the sand bank formed by the stream of camphor' (ed. Hall, p. 218), only one of extreme wealth being able to possess such a river.¹ The kāitavāpahnuti, or 'false concealment,' is defined by the Kuvalayānandakārikā (1. 28) as follows: kāitavāpahnutir vyaktāu vyājādyāir nihnutēḥ padāiḥ, 'kāitavāpahnuti (consists) in the manifestation of concealment by words of pretext and the like,' and finds exemplification in the Vāsavadattā in the passage ativēganipītajaladhijalaśaṅkhamālām iva balākācchalād udvamann adṛśyata jaladaḥ, 'the cloud seemed to vomit forth, like a crane, what appeared to be a series of ocean shells that had been drunk down too hastily' (ed. Hall, pp. 283–284). The lōkōkti, 'popular expression,' is thus defined by the Kuvalayānandakārikā (1. 156): lōkapravādānukṛtir lōkōktir iti kathyatē, 'the imitation of a popular colloquialism is called lōkōkti,' and finds an illustration in Subandhu's romance in the exhortation tad adhunā yadi tvaṁ sahapāṁśukrīḍanasamaduḥkhasukhō 'si ¹ Śivarāma rightly notes that this passage also contains the rhetorical figure anumāna, or 'inference' (cf. Kāvyaprakāśa, tr. Jhā, pp. 243-244, Benares, 1898; Kuvalayānan- dakārikā, 2. 10).