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

144 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
23. Where at the loss of one element another
survives to enhance the superiority of an object the
figure of speech is Viśeshokti. Example follows.
23. विशेषोक्ति occurs where despite the extinction
of a quality in an object another quality survives
which brings out its effectiveness all the more. This
and the next verse are cited in Lochana page 38 to
show that there is no व्यङ्ग्य in the latter; also quoted
by प्रतीहारेन्दुराज on Udbhaṭa's काव्यालंकारसारसंग्रह.
स एकस्त्रीणि जयति जगन्ति कुसुमायुधः ।
हरतापि तनुं यस्य शंभुना न हृतं बलम् ॥ २४ ॥
24. He, the flower-armed one, single that he
is, conquers the three worlds, of whom Śambhu de-
stroyed the body but not the strength.
24. Here Cupid is described as having his
strength in tact in spite of the destruction of his
body by Śiva. With that strength he singly conquers
the three worlds. This verse is cited in Kāvya Pra-
kāśa. Mammaṭa defines विशेषोक्ति thus :—विशेषोक्तिरखण्डेषु
कारणेषु फलावचः and he sub-divides it into 3 types—अनु-
क्तनिमित्ता, उक्तनिमित्ता and अचिन्त्यनिमित्ता—where the cause is
not given, where it is given and where it is inca-
pable of being given. To illustrate the third sub-
division Mammaṭa cites this verse. Sāhityadarpana
gives two divisions only—उक्तनिमित्ता and अनुक्तनिमित्ता and
includes अचिन्त्यनिमित्ता under the latter and cites this