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Nominal stem meaning is threefold: inherent word-meaning, substance, and grammatical gender. / Among these, inherent word-meaning is the very nature of the linguistic sound. / It is twofold: its own form and the object of imitation. / Between these two, its own form is twofold: capable of expressing an entity, and not capable of expressing an entity. / There, the first, for example: / "Cūḍāmaṇi is said to mean the jewel on the head; karala means what is in the middle of a necklace; / paryaṅka is said in the sense of a bed, and āveśa is also in the sense of a house." / The second, for example: / "Conjecture is expressed by such words as 'I think,' 'I suspect,' 'certainly,' 'mostly,' 'surely,' / and the word iva is also of that kind." / The object of imitation is twofold: meaningful and meaningless. / Between those two, meaningful, for example: / "When the beloved kisses her face by force, having lifted it up by catching her hair, / the gentle muttering of indignant women—'hum hum, let go, mine mine'—is victorious." / Meaningless, for example: / "Having mounted the front branch of the tree, intoxicated with pride, with its throat-cavity wide open, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.p2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.5.p2.10) - [Next: 5.p2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.5.p2.12) - [Up: 5.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.5.p2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa~en-mt.5.p2.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.30.16) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.5.p2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.5.p2.11) · Pramāṇa