Yāska's Nirukta 11.2

Niruktavṛtti 11.2

Language: Sanskrit

11.2

āha,-“yadi mantrārthapratyayāya” etadārabhyate, hanta, tahaitadevamarthamārabhyamāṇam “anarthakam” eva “bhavatīti” || āha--ka evamāheti ? ucyate-“kautsaḥ” | kiṃ kāraṇam ? “anarthakā hi mantrāḥ” | na hi mantrāṇāmartho'sti vācyavācakatvena| tadarthanirvacanāyārabhyamāṇamidamapyanarthakameva bhavati | tasmānnārabdhavyamityevaṃ kautso manyate |
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Nirukta — Yāska, Sanskrit