'lakṣmīr iva' arthālaṅkāra — upamā-prakāśa
āra arthālaṅkāra āche, nāma — 'virodhābhāsa'

 lakṣmīr iva - the words lakṣmīr iva ('like Lakṣmī'); artha-alaṅkāra - ornamental use of the meaning; upamā - analogy; prakāśa - manifestation; āra - also; artha-alaṅkāra - ornamental use of meaning; āche - there is; nāma - which is named; virodha-ābhāsa - possibility of contradiction.


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“The use of the words ‘lakṣmīr iva’ [‘like Lakṣmī’] manifests the ornament of meaning called upamā [analogy]. There is also the further ornament of meaning called virodhābhāsa, or a contradictory indication.

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