A History of Sanskrit Literature c21.s9.5

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c21.s9.5

Bāṇa’s fondness of figures is obvious, and metaphors, similes, seeming incongruity, exemplification, Sahoktis, as in the description of Rājyaçrī as *akulāṁ keçakalāpena maraṇopāyena ca*, ‘bewildered with dishevelled locks and as to the means of death,’ *dagdhāṁ caṇḍātapena vaidhavyaena ca*, ‘burnt with the fierce heat and the pains of widowhood’, and others abound. Among his few verses is a fairly good example of lively fancy, Utprekṣā:

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