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CC 1.16.78

'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.
"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.