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

54 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
अनुप्रासः शब्दालंकारः (1)
सरूपवर्णविन्यासमनुप्रासं प्रचक्षते ।
किं तया चिन्तया कान्ते नितान्तेति यथोदितम् ॥ ५ ॥
5. They declare an arrangement of similar
letters as Anuprāsa. Example :—किं तया चिन्तया कान्ते
नितान्ता Ah, beloved, why are you so much worried
by that care ?
5. In Verses 5 to 8 the author deals with
अनुप्रास. सरूपाणां वर्णानां विन्यासः An arrangement of similar
letters. किं तया etc. is an example of अनुप्रास. हे कान्ते
तया चिन्तया किं (त्वं) नितान्ता. नितान्ता Much jaded. तया चिन्तया
probably refers to the lady's anxiety caused by
the idea that her lord is attached to some other
woman. Here the alliteration consists in the fre-
quent repetition of न्त.
ग्राम्यानुप्रासमन्यत्तु मन्यन्ते सुधियोऽपरे ।
स लोलमालानीलालिकुलाकुलगलो बलः ॥ ६ ॥
6. Other learned men postulate Grāmyānu-
prāsa, a vulgar or ordinary alliteration. Exam-
ple :—स लोलमालानीलालिकुलाकुलगलो बलः That Balarāma
whose neck is congested with swarms of black bees
hovering round his tossing wreath.
6. ग्राम्यानुप्रास consists in an inelegant repetition
of letters like ल in the example given. स लोल etc.
बलः refers to Balarāma. He is reputed to bear a