A History of Sanskrit Literature c21.s9.7

c21.s9.7

‘Supreme is that Upendra, who by his mere glance from afar which struck at once its mark with angry red, made the breast of his foe ruddy with gore as though in fear it had burst open of its own accord.’ A good instance of hyperbole, Atiçayokti, is presented in his eulogy of his preceptor: