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

FIRST PARICCHEDA 41
It means removed. तद् विकृतं The Dosha is due to the
particle वि. This will come under अवाचक according
to Mammaṭa.
अवाचकं दोषः (4)
हिमापहामित्रधरैर्व्याप्तं व्योमेत्यवाचकम् ।
साक्षादरूढं वाच्येऽर्थे नाभिधानं प्रतीयते ॥ ४१ ॥
41. Avāchaka is illustrated by the state-
ment, ‘The sky was covered with the bearers of the
enemy of the destroyer of snow (clouds).’ A word
which does not directly denote an object fails to
yield the intended meaning.
41. अवाचक is the employment of round-about
expressions to denote an object which is not their
meaning by direct denotation. An example is—हिमा-
पहामित्रधरैः. हिमं Snow. हिमापहः The destroyer of snow;
fire. तस्य अमित्रं Its foe; water. तस्य धराः Its bearers;
clouds. This expression is tainted with the fault
of Avāchaka. This example is cited in Sarasvatī
Kaṇṭhābharaṇa to illustrate क्लिष्ट. This will come
under क्लिष्ट according to Mammaṭa also.
अयुक्तिमत् दोषः (5)
अयुक्तिमद्यथा दूता जलभृन्मारुतेन्दवः ।
तथा अमरहारीतचक्रवाकशुकादयः ॥ ४२ ॥