Sarvadarshanasangraha 13.53

Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha 13.53

Language: Sanskrit

13.53

yadi sattaiva sarveṣāṃ śabdānām arthas tarhi sarveṣāṃ śabdānāṃ paryāyatā syāt/ tathā ca kvacid api yugapat tricaturapadaprayogāyoga iti mahac cāturyam āyuṣmataḥ/ tad uktam:

"But if all words mean only that supreme existence, then all words will be synonyms, having all the same meaning; and your grand logical ingenuity would produce an astonishing result in demonstrating the uselessness of human language as laboriously using several words to no purpose at the same time!" Thus it has been said—
Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy

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The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy — Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, English
English (machine translation) — English, machine translation