Yāska's Nirukta 2.12

2.12

“mūrtta sattvabhūtaṃ sattvanāmabhirvrajyā paktiriti” | kadācittu tameva bhāvaṃ tathaivopakramaprabhṛtyabhinirvarttamānamapavargaparyantaṃ mūrtta sattvabhūtaṃ sattvarūpiṇaṃ liṅgasaṅkhyāyuktaiḥ sattvanāmabhirācaṣṭe || katham ? “vrajyā paktiriti” | tatroktoḥ viśeṣaḥ—“kṛdabhihito bhāvo dravyabadbhavati ” || so'yaṃ prayuktasya lakṣaṇasya prayogamapekṣya kaścidapavādaḥ || āha ca“ kriyābhinirvṛttivaśeopajātaḥ kṛdantaśabdābhihito yadā syāt | saṃkhyāvibhaktyavyayaliṅgayukto bhāvastadā dravyamivopalakṣyaḥ || ”--iti || āha-kasmāt punareka eva bhāvastiṅantena kṛdantena cānyathocyata iti ? | ucyateśabdasvābhāvyādṛte nānyadatra prayojakamasti|| apicoktamasmābhiḥ-‘avasthitānāmeva śabdānāmbhidhānābhidheyasambandhenābhisambaddhānāmeva nityamanvākhyānamātrameva kriyate | notpādyante'rtheṣu vā vidhīyante śabdāḥ’ iti || vrajyāpaktirityudāharaṇadvayamuktaprayojanam |