Frontmatter -- Preface -- Introduction -- (I) The Problem -- (II) History of the Search for System -- (III) The System of Figures -- (IV) The Adequacy of the Alamkarika Poetic -- (V) Conclusion -- (VI) Scope of the Glossary -- (VII) Method of the Glossary -- Postscript -- A Glossary of Indian Figures of Speech -- atadgüa - upama -- atisaya - güa -- jati - upama -- ubhaya - aviruddhakriya -- avirodhin - sahaja -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Figures