काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

166 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
सन्दिग्धमप्रतीतं ग्राम्यं नेयार्थमथ भवेत् क्लिष्टम् ।
अविमृष्टविधेयांशं विरुद्धमतिकृत्समासगतमेव ॥ ५१ ॥
(१) ‘श्रुतिकटु’ परुषवर्णरूपं दुष्टम् ।
यथा
अनङ्गमङ्गलगृहापाङ्गभङ्गितरङ्गितैः ।
आलिङ्गितः स तन्वङ्ग्या कार्ताथ्र्यं लभते कदा ॥१४१॥
अत्र कार्ताथ्र्यमिति ॥
(२) ‘च्युतसंस्कृति’ व्याकरणलक्षणहीनम्
of giving sense, (5) having its meaning suppressed, (6) having
an improper signification, (7) useless, (8) not expressive, (9)
indecorous in three ways, (10) ambiguous, (11) unintelligible,
(12) vulgar, (13) and one whose meaning has to be guessed ;—
and it is (14) obscure, or (15) having the predicative factor
not discriminated, or (16) of repugnant implication,—only
when occurring in a compound. 51.
[ Examples of each of the above sixteen defects ]—(1)
The word that has the defect of being ‘ unpleasant to the
ear ’,—i. e. consisting of harsh letters,—is found in the
following—
‘ Anaṅgamaṅgalagṛhāpāṅgabhaṅgitaraṅgitaiḥ
Āliṅgitaḥ sa tanvaṅgyā kārtārthyaṁ labhate kadā’.
‘ When will he attain the fulfilment of his desires, on
being embraced by the slender-bodied girl, lovely through
the graces of her glance, the auspicious abode of the
Love-god himself ?’.
Here the word ‘ kārtārthyam ’ is ‘ unpleasant to the
ear ’ (Harsh).
(2) The following contains an example of the word
‘ lacking in correctness ’, i. e. not according with the rules
of grammar.—