A History of Sanskrit Literature c25.s2.8

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c25.s2.8

‘Once the sad eye of suppliants hath fallen on thy face, o king, it taketh there its abode, and gazeth not at the face of any other.’ Another explanation given by Daṇḍin himself makes elevation the result of the use of ornamental epithets such as *līlāmbuja*, toy-lotus, *krīḍāsaras*, play-lake, *hemāṅgada*, gold bracelet. Kānti is the grace of beauty, which is in harmony with nature, as opposed to the exaggeration, Atyukti, of the Gauḍa style; the two are neatly contrasted: the Vaidarbha has:

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