Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c81.s1.58

v2.c81.s1.58

| Śabda-guṇa | Artha-guṇa |
| i. *ojas*, or compactness of word-structure (*gāḍha-bandhatva*, where *bandha* = *pada-racanā*, III. 1. 4) | i. *ojas*, or maturity of conception (*arthasya prauḍhiḥ*) |
| ii. *prasāda*, or laxity of structure (*śaithilya*) | ii. *prasāda*, clearness of meaning (*artha-vaimalya*) |
| iii. *śleṣa*, or coalescence of words resulting in smoothness (*masṛṇatva*, yasmin sati *bahunyapi* padānyekavad *bhāsante*) | iii. *śleṣa*, or coalescence or commingling of many ideas (*ghaṭanā*) |
| iv. *samatā*, or homogeneity of manner, i. e., relinquishment of proper construction (*margā-bhedaḥ, yena mārgeṇópa-kramas tasyátyāgaḥ*) | iv. *samatā*, or non-sequence of ideas (*prakra-mābheda*) |
| v. *samādhi*, or symmetry due to orderly ascent and descent, i. e., when the heightening effect is toned down by softening effect, and vice versa (*ārohāvaroha-krama*) | v. *samādhi*, or grasping of the original meaning arising from concentration of the mind (*artha-dṛṣṭiḥ, samādhi-kāraṇatvāt*) |
| vi. *mādhurya*, or distinctness of words (*pṛthak-padatva*) | vi. *mādhurya*, or strikingness of utterance (*ukti-vaicitrya*) |
| vii. *saukumārya*, or | vii. *saukumārya*, or |