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133 Verses containing one type of akṣara in each pāda (ekākṣarapāda; 16.35), verses with two (dvyakṣarī; e.g., 1.58 and 16.50) or three types of akṣara (tryakṣarī; e.g., 4.24) or without labials (niroṣṭhya; 2.11–12 and 16.42), verses with two or more meanings (1.121 and 124; 16.56), containing a question and the answer to it (praśnottara; 16.55) or a riddle (antarlāpikā and bahirlāpikā; 1.2 and 60; 16.44 and 58), the types called gomūtrikā (to be read in zigzag; 16.39 and 53), samudgaka (a kind of paronomasia; 16.46), sarvatobhadra (each pāda is identical when read backwards; 16.62), etc. See also the alaṃkāras employed by Mevārāma: B. Tripāṭhī (1977): 231–233. P.V. Sharma supposes (AVI 322) that the Vaidyakaustubha remained a less known work due to the difficulties of its interpretation. See on the citrakāvya: S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De (1947): 179, 318, 335, 578; S.G. Tulpule (1979): 410–411; A.K. Warder (1989): 173–174.