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A kind of लक्षणा, in which the primary or original sense of a word (which is used elliptically) does not disappear; as कुन्ताः प्रविशन्ति Equivalent to कुन्तधारिणः पुरुषाः; श्वेतो धावति Equivalent to श्वेतवर्णोऽश्वो धावति; also called उपादानलक्षणा quod vide, which see; स्वसिद्धये पराक्षेपः; कुन्ताः प्रविशन्ति, यष्टयः प्रविशन्ति इत्यादौ कुन्तादिभिरात्मन: प्रवेशसिद्ध्यर्थं स्वसंयोगिनः पुरुषा आक्षिप्यन्ते K.Parasmaipada2. Adhyātma Rām.7.5.27.

feminine a rhetorical figure (using a word which involves the meaning of another word previously used, as "white ones" for "white horses", "lances" for "men with lances").