vi-śe°ṣokti f. ‘mention of difference’, N. of a figure of speech (in which the excellence of a thing is implied by comparing it to some highly prized object, yet mentioning the difference, e.g. dyūtaṃnāma puruṣasyāsiṃhāsanaṃ rājyam, ‘truly gambling is a man's throneless kingdom’, [Mṛcch. ii, 6/7]), [Vām. iv, 3, 23] (cf. [Kāvyād. ii, 323] &c.)
enumeration of merits, panegyric, [W.]