A related device is a favourite with #vacanas: extended #metaphor, a #simile which projects a whole #symbolic situation suppressing one part of the comparison ... (8/9)

#Allamaprabhu, the most #metaphysical of the #vacanakāras, has many #beḍagina #vacanas ... (3/9)

#AKRAMANUJAN ON #SANDYĀBHĀSA, OR SECRET OR INTENTIONAL LANGUAGE

"The #esoteric #vacanas are called #beḍaginavacana (fancy #poems), more riddle than poem and, oftentimes, with a whole #occult glossary for key. (1/9)