# Cc. Ādi 16.78 ## Text > 'lakṣmīr iva' arthālaṅkāra—upamā-prakāśa > āra arthālaṅkāra āche, nāma—'virodhābhāsa' ## Synonyms *lakṣmīr* *iva*—the words *lakṣmīr iva* (like Lakṣmī); *artha*-*alaṅkāra*—ornamental use of the meaning; *upamā*—analogy; *prakāśa*—manifestation; *āra*—also; *artha*-*alaṅkāra*—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.**