Shringaraprakasha 7.p1.67

7.p1.67

For grammatical practice—such as 'a meaningful nominal stem', or 'a verbal root expressive of action'—would indeed be impossible without relying on positive and negative concurrence. Thus he said: 'Items such as *pacati* are divided into parts that are intrinsically meaningless; but positive and negative concurrence are the foundation of linguistic convention.' Denotative capacity, speaker's intention, and purport along with syntactic division: these four are indeed the capacities of relation residing in an isolated linguistic sound. Mutual expectancy, semantic compatibility, syntactic connection mutually between them, and integration of meaning: these are its capacities when accompanied by associates. The first four have been explained in order; now the others are clearly set forth in succession, for the sake of purifying the comprehension of words and meanings for those who analyze undivided sentence-meaning. Thus ends the seventh chapter, titled 'Illumination of the Relational Capacities of the Isolated Word', in the *Śṛṅgāraprakāśa* composed by the King of Kings, the illustrious Bhojadeva.