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

THIRD PARICCHEDA 137
moon-stone slabs. It is a well-known phenomenon
that Chandrakānta or moonstone is bedewed with
particles of water at contact with the rays of the
moon. नक्तं an Indeclinable meaning 'at night'.
श्लिष्टालंकारः (19)
उपमानेन यत्तत्त्वमुपमेयस्य साध्यते ।
गुणक्रियाभ्यां नाम्ना च श्लिष्टं तदभिधीयते ॥ १४ ॥
14. Śliṣṭa occurs where the identity of the
Upameya with an Upamāna is established, which
may take place in three respects, quality, action
and name.
14. Verses 14 to 20 deal with श्लिष्ट. This verse
defines Śliṣṭa. Where in respect of quality, action
or name the identity of Upamāna is ascribed to the
Upameya the figure of speech is Śliṣṭa. Other
rhetoricians speak only of श्लेष, not of श्लिष्ट as a figure
of speech.
लक्षणं रूपकेऽपीदं लक्ष्यते काममत्र तु ।
इष्टः प्रयोगो युगपदुपमानोपमेययोः ॥ १५ ॥
15. This definition will apply to Rūpaka too ?
We admit. But here the employment of the Upa-
māna and the Upameya (strictly speaking, their
characteristics) is made at one stroke.