Mimamsasutra 3.2.15
Jaiminīyanyāyamālā 3.2.15
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3.2.15
yatrānyā iti śāstrasthā prasiddhistu balīyasī |
śāstrīyadharme tenātra priyaṃgvādi na gṛhyate ||
‘Where other [plants]...’—the usage found in authoritative treatises is stronger;
Therefore, in ritual dharma based on authoritative treatises, panic seed and the rest are not taken here.
3.2.15.p1
’ yavamayaścarurbhavati ’ ’vārāhī upānahāvupamuñcate ’ iti śrūyate | tatra yava śabdamāryā dīrghaśūkeṣu prayuñjate varāhaśabdaṃ ca sūkare | mlecchāstu yavaśabdaṃ priyaṃguṣu , varāhaśabdaṃ ca kṛṣṇaśakunau | tathā sati lokavyavahāreṇa niścetavyeṣu śabdārtheṣvāryamlecchaprasiddhyoḥ samānabalatvādubhayavidhā aṣyarthā vikalpena svīkāryā iti prapte -
It is heard [in scripture]: "There is a caru made of yava" and "He puts on two shoes made of varāha." There, the Āryas use the word 'yava' for long-awned barley and the word 'varāha' for a pig. The Mlecchas, however, use the word 'yava' for panic seeds, and the word 'varāha' for a black bird. When that is so, since the meanings of words are to be determined by common worldly usage, and because the usages of the Āryas and the Mlecchas are of equal strength, both kinds of meanings should be accepted optionally. In response to this prima facie view—
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