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Entry अनन्वय
अनन्वयananvayaWant of connection.
[न. त.]
Want of connection.
(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which a thing is compared to itself, the object being to show that it is matchless and can have no other उपमान; उपमानोपमेयत्वं यदेकस्यैव वस्तुनः । इन्दुरिन्दुरिव श्रीमानित्यादौ तदनन्वयः ॥ गगनं गगनाकारं सागरः सागरोपमः । रामरावणयोर्युद्धं रामरावणयोरिव ॥