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The merit of Eloquence is indicated by a lofty style, v. 143. 



The Bright style is manifested by a brilliancy of language, free from 

 the fault of Inappropriateness, v. 147. 



Words which convey their meaning immediately, constitute the Lucid 

 style, v. 148. 



The Imaginative style is held to be the ' cream of composition'. It is 

 manifested when the imagination clothes objects with qualities or functions 

 foreign to them, as when 



1. Life is ascribed to inanimate objects. 



2. Form to objects unassociated with form. 



3. Flavour to objects unassociated with flavour. 



4. Liquidity to objects not bearing that character. 



5. Agency to an object not an agent. 



6. Solidity to an ethereal object, vv. 152-153. 



When allegories which suggest the idea of emitting, are the leading 

 ideas in a sentence, they are considered coarse ; in a subordinate position, 

 they are appropriate, v. 160 ; and especially so, if connected with a con- 

 scious agent, v. 162, as ' The excellent Jina pouring out the yearnings of 

 his love upon mortals,' &c, 163. 



Chapter IV. 



In this chapter the author proceeds to describe the several Ornaments 

 of the sense (atthdlanlcdrd). He says that when composition containing 

 the qualities of the Pleasing, Forcible, or other styles, is embellished with 

 Ornaments of the Sense, it is as charming as a girl adorned with bracelets, 

 earrings, and the like, v. 165. 



He divides Rhetoric into (a) style in which the meaning is ' expressed', 

 sablidvavutti ; and (b) style in which the meaning is ' suggested,', vahga- 

 vutti. The first of these portrays, at different times, objects (such as a 

 genus, a quality, an action, or a substance), v. 166. 



The following is an expressed fancy of a substance (dabbasablidva- 

 mtti) : — 



' The nascent Bodhisatta, charming in his joyous gait, stedfastly re- 

 garding the regions of existence, is radiant while uttering taurine words', 

 v. 167. 



As the varieties of the suggestive or figurative style are endless, only 

 elementary figures will be described, v. 168 to 172. 



1. Hyperbole {atisayavutti). This figure discloses the peculiar attri- 

 bute of an object (whether a genus, a quality, an action, or a substance). 

 It is twofold : — 



(a.) Respecting mundane objects (lokiydtisayavutti) . 



(b.) Respecting supermundane objects (lolcdtikJcantd) , v. 174. 



