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# Vakyapadiya 2.117

Vākyapadīya 2.117

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya.2.117)

abhyāsāt pratibhāhetuḥ sarvaḥ śabdo 'paraiḥ smṛtaḥ  
bālānāṃ ca tiraścāṃ ca yathārthapratipādane //

> Others maintain that through practice every word-sound is the cause of intuition, / as in conveying meaning to children and animals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya~en-mt.2.117) — English, machine translation

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- [Vidhiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhiviveka.8) — Maṇḍana Miśra, Sanskrit

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