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CC Ādi 16.78

‘লক্ষ্মীরিব’ অর্থালঙ্কার—উপমা–প্রকাশ ।
আর অর্থালঙ্কার আছে, নাম—‘বিরোধাভাস’ ॥ ৭৮ ॥
‘lakṣmīr iva’ arthālaṅkāra — upamā-prakāśa
āra arthālaṅkāra āche, nāma — ‘virodhābhāsa’

Synonyms

lakṣmīr ivathe words lakṣmīr iva (“like Lakṣmī”); artha-alaṅkāraornamental use of the meaning; upamāanalogy; prakāśamanifestation; āraalso; artha-alaṅkāraornamental use of meaning; āchethere is; nāmawhich is named; virodha-ābhāsapossibility 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.