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Kavyaprakasha 2.124

Kāvyaprakāśa 2.124

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2.124

ityādāvabhinayādayaḥ /
itthaṃ saṃyogādibhirarthāntarābhidhāyakatve nivārite 'pyanekārthasya śabdasya yat kvacidarthāntarapratipādanaṃ tatra nābhidhā niyamanāttasyāḥ / na ca lakṣaṇā mukhyārthabādhādyabhāvāt / api tvañjanaṃ vyañjanameva vyāpāraḥ / yathā

in such verses, physical gestures and the like [are understood]. / In this way, even when the denotation of another meaning has been restricted by connection and the like, the communication of another meaning that occurs in some places with respect to a polysemous word does not belong to primary denotation, because that has been restricted; nor to indicative transfer, because of the absence of the obstruction of the primary meaning and the like; rather, the operation is manifestation itself, which is the suggestive function. For example:

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