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

166 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
judgment. The speech of poets who know how
best to put their ideas in keeping with the same
shines resplendent like a lady tastefully decorated.
58. The author winds up the chapter on Alaṁ-
kāras. गिरां अलंकारविधिः The code of the figures of speech.
सविस्तरः In elaborate detail. स्वयं विनिश्चित्य धिया shows
that most of Bhāmaha's conceptions of figures of
speech are original. This shows that though later
authors have made large improvements thereon,
Bhāmaha deserves very great respect as his treat-
ment represents one of the earliest contributions to
the science of literary criticism. Prose order of the
third foot-अनेन (अलंकारविधिना) अलंकृता अर्थविदां वाक् विदग्धमण्डना
नारीव विभाति A literary work conforming to the above
rules and composed by poets who know what are
the best ideas and how best to put them appears
charming like an elegantly decked damsel.
End of the Third Parichheda.