काव्यालङ्कार (आचार्य भामह - भारतीय काव्यशास्त्र एवं अलङ्कार-सिद्धान्त मूल महाग्रन्थ सटीक)

136 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
that contains a variety of precious features is
Udātta according to them.
12. According to a different school उदात्तं ऋद्धेश्चरितं,
उदात्त presents a picture of high prosperity. नानारत्नादियुक्तं.
It is coupled with different kinds of gems or riches,
in short, the zenith of prosperity or the height of
opulence. युक्तं used with reference to the Alaṁkāra
is perhaps not quite correct. In fact it is the sub-
ject matter of the speech that is possessed of नानारत्नs.
It is loosely extended to the speech as well. Daṇḍin
refers to two types of Udātta; that which sets out
आशयमहत्त्व Nobility of sentiment and that which sets
out विभूतिमहत्त्व a height of prosperity, riches or gems.
Verse 11 above exemplifies the first type. The se-
cond type is defined in this verse and illustrated in
the next. Cf. आशयस्य विभूतेर्वा यन्महत्त्वमनुत्तमम् । उदात्तं नाम तं
प्राहुर्लंकारं मनीषिणः ॥ Kāvyādarśa II—300.
चाणक्यो नक्तमुपयान्नन्दक्रीडागृहं यथा ।
शशिकान्तोपलैश्छन्नं विवेद पयसां कणैः ॥ १३ ॥
13. Example. Chāṇakya going to the pleas-
ure-house of Nanda found out it was pervaded by
moonstones from the drops of water.
13. The opulence of Nanda's pleasure-house
is brought out in this verse. His enemy Chāṇakya
who went to reconnoitre his house inferred from the
drops of water that the house was constructed of