काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

CHAPTER V 155
इत्यादौ विवक्षितान्यपरवाच्ये ध्वनौ मुख्यार्थबाधः ।
तत्कथमत्र लक्षणा । लक्षणायामपि व्यञ्जनमवश्यमाश्रयितव्य-
मिति प्रतिपादितम् ।
यथा च समयसव्यपेक्षा अभिधा तथा मुख्यार्थबाधादित्रय-
समयविशेषसव्यपेक्षा लक्षणा । अत एवाभिधापुच्छभूता सेत्याहुः ।
न च लक्षणात्मकमेव ध्वननं तदनुगमेन तस्य दर्शनात् । न च
तदनुगतमेव अभिधावलम्बनेनापि तस्य भावात् । न चोभयानु-
सार्येव अवाचकवर्णानुसारेणापि तस्य दृष्टेः । न च शब्दानुसार्येव
अशब्दात्मकनेत्रत्रिभागावलोकनादिगतत्वेनापि तस्य प्रसिद्धेः इति
अभिधातात्पर्यलक्षणात्मकव्यापारत्रयातिवर्ती ध्वननादिपर्यायो
व्यापारोऽनपह्नवनीय एव ॥
—Fifthly, just as ‘Denotation’ is dependent upon
convention, so is ‘Indication’ also upon the particular
convention relating to the three conditions of ‘the
primary meaning being barred’ and the rest (described
under Chapter II); and it is on this account that
‘Indication’ has been called the ‘tail of Denotation.’
[Hence it is just as impossible for ‘Suggestion’ to be
included under ‘Indication’ as under ‘Denotation.’]—
Sixthly, ‘Suggestion’ is not exactly of the nature
of ‘Indication’, because in some cases Suggestion follows
on the wake of Indication; nor indeed does Suggestion
always follow on the wake of Indication, as in several
instances Suggestion is based upon Denotation itself
nor again is Suggestion always based upon these two;
(Denotation and Indication), as it is found to emanate
even from mere letters and syllables which do not ‘denote’
anything at all,—or even from such entirely non-verbal
sources as side-long glances and other mere gestures.