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

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stricting the number of classes of Yamaka to five.
Hence मध्यान्तयमक has to be taken as a single type.
Really speaking, there is no justification for re-
stricting the number to five. As pointed out by
Dandin there may be आदियमक, मध्ययमक, अन्तयमक or आदि-
मध्ययमक, आद्यन्तयमक and मध्यान्तयमक, thus bringing the
number to six so far as this aspect is concerned.
An immediate repetition of a group of syllables is
called a Yamaka. This may be placed at the begin-
ning or at the middle or at the end or in as many
places as far as possible in a śloka or a pāda. Yama-
ka is defined later on in Verse 17.
संदष्टकसमुद्गादेरत्रैवान्तर्गतिर्मता ।
आदौ मध्यान्तयोर्वा स्यादिति पञ्चैव तद्यथा ॥ १० ॥
10. Sandaṣṭaka, Samudga and others can be
included in these. Yamaka is either at the begin-
ning or it is at the middle and end. So it is only
fivefold. Examples follow.
10. संदष्टक literally, held in a pair of tongs.
समुद्गक is a box with a lid exactly corresponding to the
lower portion. संदंश or a pair of tongs points to two
ends, but the roots are joined together almost ap-
pearing like one. Based on the analogy of tongs,
the verse employed in the संदष्टक type of यमक contains
the same group of syllables occurring at the end of
a pāda and at the beginning of a succeeding pāda.