Sarvadarshanasangraha 15.140

15.140

tasmād rūḍhilakṣaṇāyāḥ prayojanāpekṣā nāsti/ yady api prayuktaḥ śabdaḥ prathamaṃ mukhyārthaṃ pratipādayati tenārthenārthāntaraṃ lakṣyata ity arthadharmo 'yaṃ lakṣaṇā tathāpi tatpratipādake śabde samāropitaḥ sañ śabdavyāpāra iti vyapadiśyate/ etad evābhipretyoktaṃ lakṣaṇāropitā kriyeti/ prayojanalakṣaṇā tu ṣaḍvidhā/ upadānalakṣaṇā lakṣaṇalakṣaṇā gauṇasāropā gauṇasādhyavasānā śuddhasāropā śuddhasādhyavasānā ceti/ kuntāḥ praviśanti mañcāḥ krośanti gaur vāhīkaḥ gaur ayam āyur ghṛtam āyur evedam — iti yathākramam udāharaṇāni draṣṭavyāni/ tad uktam —

Therefore, conventional indication has no need for a purpose. Even though the word employed first conveys the primary meaning, and by means of that meaning another meaning is indicated—so that this indication is a property of the meaning—nevertheless, being superimposed on the word conveying it, it is designated as an operation of the word. Having just this in mind, it was stated: "indication is a superimposed operation." Purposive indication, on the other hand, is sixfold: inclusive indication (upādānalakṣaṇā), indicative indication (lakṣaṇalakṣaṇā), qualitative superimposition (gauṇasāropā), qualitative identification (gauṇasādhyavasānā), pure superimposition (śuddhasāropā), and pure identification (śuddhasādhyavasānā). "The lances enter," "the platforms shout," "the Vāhīka is an ox," "this is an ox," "ghee is life," "this is life itself"—these are to be understood as the examples in respective order. That has been stated: