Shringaraprakasha 1.p1.13

1.p1.13

1.15 Under reiteration (anuvāda): ām, āḥ, ā, aye, nāma, nūnam, hum, and om convey recollection; as in: 'Ah yes (ām), this is that Pañcavaṭī!'; 'Ah (āḥ), that conversation of hers!'; 'Ah (ā), I remember, that is Jaṭāyus!'; 'Aye, it is the divine Dāśarathi!'; 'That indeed (nāma) must be he!'; 'Surely (nūnam) this is Jānakī!'; 'Hum, it is Makaranda!'; 'Om, so it is!' iva, vā, yathā, cit, na, nakir, nu, and prati convey comparison; as in: 'He speaks like (iva) a king'; 'Two dewlaps dangle on a camel as it were (vā)'; 'An elder brother is like (yathā) a father'; 'He shines like (cit) fire'; 'A fierce wild beast, roving, mountain-dwelling (mṛgo na)' (Ṛgveda 1.154.2); 'The boy is brilliant like fire (nakir)'; 'Like branches of a tree to the much-invoked (vṛkṣasya nu)' (Ṛgveda 6.24.3); 'Abhimanyu is like Arjuna (prati).' om, tathā, āma, nāma, atha kim, śrat, satyam, and bāḍham convey assent; as in: '"Om," he said'; 'Having agreed, saying "So be it (tathā)"'; 'Yes (āma), just as you say'; 'Let it be so indeed (nāma)'; 'Will you go? "Of course (atha kim)"'; 'I believe (śrad-dadhe) as you say'; 'Truly (satyam), worldly existence is substanceless'; 'Indeed (bāḍham), I have now turned into a Kāmandakī.' nanu, hī, nu, hum, nakila, nanukila, evam, and śaśvat convey inquiring further; as in: 'Did you make the mat, Devadatta? Surely (nanu) I am making it, sir!'; 'Did I make it yesterday, eh (hī)?'; 'How indeed (nu) shall I do it?' (Nirukta 1.4); 'Are you Makaranda? Hum, I am he!'; 'Is it not so indeed (na kila)?'; 'Surely it is so (nanu kila)?' (Nirukta 1.5); 'Is this so (evam)?'; 'Is it always so (śaśvat)?' (Nirukta 1.5). iti, evaṃ kila, khalu, nanu, sma, api, and nāma convey citation of another's action or view (parakṛti); as in: 'Sound is eternal, according to the Mīmāṃsakas; it is non-eternal, according to the logicians (iti)'; 'Thus indeed (evaṃ kila) the teacher recites'; 'The fortunate indeed (khalu) practice dharma'; 'Did not (nanu) everyone do this?'; 'Thus used (sma) the teacher to say'; 'He too (api) certainly knows me'; 'Who indeed (nāma) does not think so?'