History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.912

v6.c81.912

In the Kālanirṇaya⁵⁸⁴ there is a lengthy discussion on the question whether the word 'Śivarātri' is used in a conventional sense (viz. a particular tithi) or in an etymological sense (every night on which some observance relating to Śiva is performed), or a metaphorical sense (viz a vrata, though the word expresses a tithi) or a *yogarūḍha* sense i. e. etymological *cum* conventional like the word *paṅkaja* (a lotus) The conclusion established is that the word Śivarātri is yogarūḍha like the word paṅkaja (lotus), which does spring from mud (so far the sense is etymological) but which is confined to only one thing viz lotus (so far there is rūḍhi or convention) and does not apply to a frog.