Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.31

v2.c79.31

i. *gūḍhārtha* = circumlocution or periphrase (*paryāya-śabdābhihitam*¹⁹), ii. *arthāntara* = digression into irrelevant matter (*avarṇyasya varṇanam*²⁰), iii. *artha-hīna* = incoherence (*asambaddha*), or multiplicity of meaning (*aśeṣārtha*), iv. *bhinnārtha* = (a) rusticity or want of refinement (*asabhya* or *grāmya*), or (b) changing the desired sense by another sense (*vivakṣito'nya evārtho yatrānyārthena bhidyate*),