Shringaraprakasha 10.p1.14

10.p1.14

Doubt and resolution concerning equal apprehension if the words 'cow' and 'cowness' both denote the universal. The subordinate-principal relation in certain cases between universal and individual, and between configuration and individual. 403–6: Words expressive of a quality implying the possessor of that quality. Conclusion that word-meaning is the meaning naturally understood from a word. The threefold nature of sentence-meaning in the forms of realization (bhāvanā), injunction (vidhi), and intuitive flash (pratibhā). Demonstration of realization having three aspects. 407–11: Words expressive of a quality implying the possessor of that quality. The twofold nature of realization based on the distinction of linguistic sound and meaning. The mode of realization through linguistic sound having three aspects, and the aspects of realization through meaning. 412–16: The operation of an injunction as possible, conveying another linguistic function. Moral duty having its authoritative means of knowledge through Vedic injunction. Conclusion that injunction is the sentence-meaning. Definition of the word 'pratibhā'. Doubt regarding the impossibility of intuitive cognition being the sentence-meaning due to variability. 417–20: Resolution of the stated doubt. Means for the arising of intuitive flash. Corroboration that realization, injunction, and intuitive flash alone are sentence-meanings, preceded by the refutation of action being the sentence-meaning. The mode of comprehending realization in expressions such as 'one should sacrifice' (yajeta). 421–25: The affix's not conveying any operation distinct from the verbal root meaning, other than the agent and number. The validity of realization being the affix-meaning. The secondary-primary relation between word-meaning and sentence-meaning. Explanation of the word 'one who desires heaven', which supplies the eligible person, supplying the agent required by the realization. 426–33: Demonstration of Bādari's view that subservience belongs to substances, qualities, and purificatory acts. Investigation of the identity or non-identity of the eligible person and the agent in 'one who desires heaven should sacrifice'. Establishing realization as the sentence-meaning, preceded by the refutation of action as the sentence-meaning in accordance with Jaimini's view. Statement of the result being the human goal in accordance with Jaimini's view. Refutation of the beneficiary and the person being sentence-meanings. The verb-ending meaning alone has prominence. Definition of action and the like as word-meanings. The threefold nature of denotativeness belonging to linguistic sounds, with examples.