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

शिक्ष्याऽभ्यासः is set out in the next verse. Since अभि-
धानं is separately mentioned, शब्दः in the verse means
rules relating to the formation of words i.e., शब्दशास्त्रं
or the science of grammar. छन्दः Metres i.e., छन्दःशास्त्रं
the science of prosody. अभिधानानि Appropriate expres-
sions. अर्थाः Ideas. इतिहासाश्रयाः कथाः Stories from tra-
ditional epics like Rāmāyaṇa and Mahā Bhārata ;
stories with any historical background. लोकः The
ways of the world. युक्तिः Conformity with the rules
of न्याय, मीमांसा and the like ; conformity with Logic
and Exegesis. कलाः Fine arts like music, painting,
sculpture and dance. मन्तव्याः All these are to be cared
for. काव्यगैः By those engaged in poetry. The last
foot of the verse is obscured by a number of differ-
ent readings. In the place of काव्यगैर्ह्यमी the other read-
ings are काव्ययैर्वशी, काव्ययैरमी, काव्ययैर्ह्यमी, काव्यतैर्वेशी and काव्य-
वैखरी. Mr. D. T. Tatacharya gives the last foot as
मन्तव्या काव्यवैखरी. Mr. Naganatha Sastri has suggested
the reading काव्यगैर्ह्यमी, and we have adopted his read-
ing. Uttuṅgodaya while commenting on Lochana
reads मन्तव्याः काव्यहेतवः. While commenting on the
Dhvanyāloka passage—भक्तमाहुस्तमन्ये, Lochana refers
to Udbhaṭa's interpretation of the verse thus:—भाम-
होक्तं 'शब्दश्छन्दोभिधानार्थाः' इत्यभिधानस्य शब्दाद्भेदं व्याख्यातुं भट्टोद्भटो बभाषे
—शब्दानां अभिधानं अभिधाव्यापारो मुख्यो गुणवृत्तिश्च इति । (N. S. P.
edition, page 10). According to Udbhaṭa, अभिधानं
means अभिधाव्यापार The primary and secondary denota-
tions of words.