On August 15, 2000, Valerie J Roebuck wrote:
>Is there a technical term for the indirect locutions that
>Sanskrit poets are so fond of?
Yes. See for instance:
Edwin Gerow
*A Glossary of Indian Figures of Speech*.
The Hauge & Paris 1971.
J. A. F Roodbergen
*Mallinâtha´s GhaNTâpatha on the Kirâtârjunîya, I - VI*.
Leiden 1984.
P. 526 - 564.