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

80 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
between two different objects. But where by a
poetic stroke a thing is compared to itself to suggest
its matchlessness it will amount to अनन्वय which is
referred to in Verse 45 of the 3rd Pariccheda.
Example:—इन्दुः इन्दुरिव श्रीमान्. That the comparison can
be only in respect of some portion and not in all
respects which is suggested by गुणलेशेन in the defini-
tion is fully brought out in Verses 43 & 44 supra
where it is accurately stated that no two objects can
agree in all respects. साम्यं refers to expressed simi-
larity, not merely implied. In the latter case it
will fall within the province of उपमाध्वनिः. The classi-
fication into श्रौती उपमा and आर्थी उपमा which is made in
Kāvya Prakāśa and later works of Poetics does not
also find a place in the scheme of Bhāmaha.
यथैवशब्दौ सादृश्यमाहेतुर्व्यतिरेकिणोः ।
दूर्वाकाण्डमिव श्यामं तन्वी श्यामालता यथा ॥ ३१ ॥
31. The words ‘as’ and ‘like’ denote similarity
between two differing objects. Example. Black
like the stem of Dūrvā grass ; the lady is slim as
a Śyāmā creeper.
31. व्यतिरेकिणोः Between two different objects.
यथैवशब्दौ सादृश्यं आहतुः The words ‘as’ and ‘like’ express
similarity. Examples of the use of यथा and इव are
set out thus:—दूर्वाकाण्डमिव श्यामं Green like the blade of
Dūrvā grass. यथा श्यामा लता (तथा) तन्वी Slim like the