A History of Sanskrit Literature c25.s2.17

c25.s2.17

‘In a moment the host of the warriors was destroyed by Paraçurāma.’ There is again a distinction as to Samatā, evenness: the Vaidarbha style likes the letters to be soft, harsh, or well mixed, but the Gauḍas do not object to unevenness, and the poetry aiming at brilliance or bombast of both sense and ornament (*arthālaṁkāraḍambara*) is recognized as having won fame. The Vaidarbhas also like Çliṣṭa, stability,¹ diction which is not loose, i. e. composed of easily pronounced syllables—while the Gauḍas do not mind the latter defect, provided it be alliterative;