[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Exegesis of the Vedic ritual (Pūrvamīmāṃsā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa) › [Kumārila's school](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta) › [Vidhiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka) › 8 # Vidhiviveka 8 Vidhiviveka 8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka.8) nanu jñānakārako'pi cakṣurādirna śaktijñānamapekṣate . kimataḥ ? śabdasyā'kārakatvaprasaṃgaḥ . ayamaparo doṣaḥ . kutastarhyarthabodhaḥ ? abhyāsāt kaśā'ṅkuśavat . uktañca— abhyāsātpratibhāhetuḥ sarvaḥ śabdaḥ samāsataḥ . bālānāṃ ca tiraścāṃ ca yathā'rthapratipādane .. > Objection: the eye and the like, though producing knowledge, do not require knowledge of their capacity. What follows from this? The undesirable consequence that the word is not a productive factor. This is yet another fault. Whence, then, arises the understanding of the meaning? From repetition, like a whip or a goad. And it is said: / In short, every word is a cause of an intuitive flash from repetition, / just as in conveying meaning to children and animals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka.1.3) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka.1.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka~en-mt.8) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Nyāyakaṇikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka!nyayakanika.1.20) — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vākyapadīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya.2.117) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka.8) · Pramāṇa