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# Vakyapadiya 2.421

Vākyapadīya 2.421

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.421](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya.2.421)

aśabdam apare 'rthasya rūpanirdhāraṇaṃ viduḥ  
arthāvabhāsarūpā ca śabdebhyo jāyate smṛtiḥ //

> Others consider the determination of an object's form to be non-verbal, / and a remembrance having the form of the manifestation of the object arises from word-sounds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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