Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada Dāsa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata’s Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...
Text 10.62 [Artha-śleṣa]
श्लेषः स वाक्य एकस्मिन् यत्रानेकार्थता भवेत् ॥ १०.९६cd ॥
śleṣaḥ sa vākya ekasmin yatrānekārthatā bhavet || 10.96cd ||
When there is more than one meaning in one sentence, that is śleṣa (one literal meaning applies to two things).
ekārthānām api śabdānāṃ yady anekārtha-vācitvaṃ tadā śleṣaḥ.
If words that have only one meaning are literally expressive of more than one thing, that is śleṣa (artha-śleṣa) (9.35-36).