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

FIRST PARICCHEDA 37
under each head gives a number of Doshas. Daṇḍin
enumerates 10 Doshas in Kāvyādarśa, 3rd Paricchhe-
da, Verses 125 & 126 and further on down to the end
of the work. The definitions of the several Doshas
given by Bhāmaha differ from those given by other
Ālaṁkārikas. Naturally the illustrations will also
differ. It is no use trying to understand Bhāmaha
in the light of the definitions of Doshas given by
later rhetoricians. From the next verse onwards
the author proceeds to deal with the said six Do-
shas separately in order with illustrations.
नेयार्थ दोषः (1)
नेयार्थं नीयते युक्तो यस्यार्थः कृतिभिर्बलात् ।
शब्दन्यायानुपारूढः कथंचित्स्वाभिसन्धिना ॥ ३८ ॥
38. Neyārtha occurs where the proper mean-
ing has to be squeezed out by clever persons accord-
ing to their own will with difficulty without any
basis on the rules of speech.
38. In a passage tainted with Neyārtha a
proper meaning does not appear on the face of the
expression. But it is somehow squeezed out by
importing an extraneous expression. It is शब्दन्यायानु-
पारूढः Not based on the rules relating to expressions.
स्वाभिसन्धिना According to one's own will; according to
the will of interpreters which may be supposed to