Transferred epithet- A method of exposition of import of word;
the deposition of the power of expressing the specific meaning in words through the strength of qualifying adjuncts.
śabdeṣu viśeṣaṇabalena pratiniyatārthapratipādanaśaktemikṣepaṇaṃ tikṣepaḥ.
(Jaisidī 10.4)