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

FIRST PARICCHEDA 11
Alaṃkāras. Alliterations and other charming ar-
rangements of sound come under the head of शब्दालंकार
which is dealt with in the 2nd Paricchheda of this
book. उपमा, रूपक and other figures of speech dealt
with in Paricchhedas 2 & 3 of this book come under
the head of अर्थालंकार as they relate to the sense, not to
the sound. From the 1st half of the verse it is known
that rhetoricians before Bhāmaha had accepted fi-
gures of speech. रूपकं आदि यस्य सः रूपकादिः अलंकारः. रूपकं is
identified with metaphor. Ancients have mention-
ed elaborately about रूपक, उपमा and other अर्थालंकारs.
They are in fact an adornment of poetry. This idea
is substantiated by an analogy set out in the 2nd
half of the verse.
रूपकादिमलंकारं बाह्यमाचक्षते परे ।
सुपां तिङां च व्युत्पत्तिं वाचां वाञ्छन्त्यलंकृतिम् ॥१४॥
14. Others say that Rūpaka and the like em-
bellishments are external. They deem the proper
forms of nouns and verbs as an adornment.
14. A different school of thinkers hold that
figures of speech are बाह्य extraneous i. e., not intrin-
sically connected with poetry. According to them
the grammatical forms of words constitute a good
composition. That is because according to them काव्यं
consists of words that can be read, heard or under-
stood. They perhaps think that sense is beyond the