काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

10 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA
सर्वेषां प्रायशोऽर्थानां व्यञ्जकत्वमपीष्यते ।
तत्र वाच्यस्य यथा--
माए घरोवअरणं अज्ज हु णत्थि त्ति साहिअं तुमए ।
ता भण कि करणिज्जं एमेअ ण वासरो ठाइ ॥ ६ ॥
अत्र स्वैरविहारार्थिनीति व्यज्यते ।
लक्ष्यस्य यथा--
साहेन्ती सहि सुहअं खणे खणे दुम्मिआसि मज्झकए ।
सब्भावणेहकरणिज्जसरिसं दाव विरइअं तुमए ॥ ७ ॥
[By the former view, each word of the sentence expresses its
meaning, and these word-meanings, becoming related together, give
rise to the 'meaning of the sentence',—while by the latter view the
connected meaning of the sentence is also expressed by the words
themselves, as, according to this view, words have no meaning
apart from the sentence in which they occur ]
Almost all the various kinds of meanings are held to be
suggestive also.
As an example of 'suggestion' by the Expressed
meaning, we have the following :-
"You said, O mother, that house-hold requisites are
wanting. Say, then, what is to be done? Day-light will
not long continue";—where the meaning suggested is
that the woman speaking is desirous of roaming about for
enjoyment. 6.
[This suggestion has been inferred through the character of the
speaker, who is known to be a woman of loose character, if it came from
a virtuous person, the speech would convey no such suggestion at
all.]
As an example of suggestion by the Indicated meaning,
we have the following :-