[anugataḥ rasādyanuguṇaṃ prakṛ- ṣṭamāsaṃ varṇanyāsaṃ samavarṇaracanāṃ samavarṇoccāra- ṇaṃ vā] Alliteration, repetition of similar letters, syllables or sounds; varṇasāmyamanuprāsaḥ K. P. 9; (svaravaisādṛśye- 'pi vyaṃjanasadṛśatvaṃ varṇasāmyaṃ rasādyanugataḥ prakṛṣṭo nyāsaḥ; anuprāsaḥ śabdasāmyaṃ vaiṣamyepi svarasya yat S. D. 633.) anuprāsa is of 5 kinds; (a) chekaº or single alliteration; bakulagaṃdhānaṃdhīkurvan,...