History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.187

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¹⁹⁵⁵ The sūtra (P. M. S I. 1. 5) contains several conclusions. The first is औत्पत्तिकः (नित्यः) शब्दस्य अर्थेन सम्बन्धः, the 2nd is तस्य ज्ञानमुपदेशः (exhortation is the means of knowing it i. e. dharma); here ज्ञान means ज्ञायते येन (श्लोकवा औत्पत्तिकसूत्र verse 9); the next part is अव्यतिरेकश्चार्थेऽनुपलब्धे (it is unfailing or infallible as to all that is not perceptible), तत्प्रमाणमनपेक्षत्वात् i e Vedic injunction is a valid means of knowledge since it is independent; बादरायणस्य (this is the view of Bādarāyaṇa also). The question 'what is a *(Continued from last page)* word' is answered differently by different writers. The revered Upavarṣa said that in a word like 'gauh' it is the letters that constitute the word (vide Śabara quoting Upavarṣa p. 45 on I. 1.5 and Śaṅkara on V S. I. 3 28). The other view is that the letters manifest the sphoṭa and it is the sphoṭa that conveys the sense. This subject cannot be dealt with in this work.