Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 16.78

'lakṣmīr iva' arthālańkāra — upamā-prakāśa

āra arthālańkāra āche, nāma — 'virodhābhāsa'

SYNONYMS

lakṣmīr iva — the words lakṣmīr iva ("like Lakṣmī"); artha-alańkāra — ornamental use of the meaning; upamā — analogy; prakāśa — manifestation; āra — also; artha-alańkāra — ornamental use of meaning; āche — there is; nāma — which is named; virodha-ābhāsa — possibility of contradiction.

TRANSLATION

"The use of the words 'lakṣmīr iva' ['like Lakṣmī'] manifests the ornament of meaning called upamā [analogy]. There is also the further ornament of meaning called virodhābhāsa, or a contradictory indication.

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