Shringaraprakasha 10.p1.19

10.p1.19

The presentation of the meaning "because it is not expressed by itself" cited as the reason for the absence of meaningfulness in words like "vṛkṣa". 568. The doubt regarding the impossibility of elision of case-endings occurring within a compound—because the mention of compound in the rule "kṛttaddhita..." is restrictive, thereby excluding nominal stem designation from a collection of speech-sounds—and its refutation. 569–571. The doubt regarding the incomprehensibility of the distinct meanings of base and affix due to the instability of positive and negative concomitance, and its answer. The doubt regarding the undesirable consequence of base and affix denoting everything, and its refutation. Inquiry into whether base and affix denote everything. 572–575. The threefold nature of linguistic sound through the distinction of to-be-produced, to-be-analyzed, and expressive. Their definitions in order. Summary of the topic set forth in the seventh illumination. Synopsis of the contents of the eighth illumination to be stated. || Thus ends the table of contents of the seventh illumination || Topics in the eighth illumination, on the capacity of dependent linguistic sound: 576–579. Definition of the meaning of the word "vyapekṣā" (mutual expectancy). The three-fold nature of mutual expectancy through the distinction between literal, logical, and prohibitive. Characterization of each of their natures according to the enumeration. Examples of literal [mutual expectancy] through direct Vedic statement and literal [mutual expectancy] through contextual extension from a word. 580–585. Examples of literal [mutual expectancy] through a sentence, through option, through combination, through transfer of a general rule, through transfer of a specific rule, and through contextual extension from a word. 586–590. Examples of literal [mutual expectancy] through contextual extension from a sentence, logical [mutual expectancy] through deduction, logical [mutual expectancy] through inversion, and logical [mutual expectancy] through transformation; examples of transformation of grammatical number, case-ending, and gender. 591–596. Examples of logical [mutual expectancy] through elliptical supply, through sentence-remainder, through assumption of an intervening element, through assumption of a subordinate element, and through abstraction; and two types of prohibitive [mutual expectancy] based on sentence-split. 597–598. Examples of two types of prohibitive [mutual expectancy] through word statement, and of prohibitive [mutual expectancy] based on the impossibility of the absence of an occasion.