History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.288

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²⁰¹⁶ निरुक्त 1. 16 speaks of उदितीनुवादः स भवति. विरोधे गुणवादः स्यादनुवादोऽवधारिते। भूतार्थवादस्तज्ञानादर्थवादस्त्रिधा मतः॥ q. by मी. बा. प्र. p. 48; अनुवादाऽवधारित इत्यस्योदाहरणं तु 'हिसिहाश्मर्मैषकम् । अग्निरिंमस्य भेषजम्'-इति। तस्माद्यथाया *(Continued from last page)* ध्ययनवैधुर्याद् वैचित्त्याद्वा। मी पा. प्र p 48 It may be noted that मधुसूदन-सरस्वती in प्रस्थानभेद, अर्थसंग्रह (p 26, Thibaut) and M. M Jha cited this very text as an anuvāda (in 'Pūrva-Mīmāṁsā in its sources' p 201) A strict definition of अनुवाद is 'स नामाऽनुवादो भवति योऽत्यन्तसमानार्थत्वेनावधार्यते।' (तन्त्रवा० p 911 on II. 4. 13). Medhātithi on Manu II 227 (=Matsya 211. 22) saying that a man cannot requite even in a hundred years the parents for the troubles they undergo in the birth and upbringing of the child holds that it is a भूतार्थानुवाद मधुसूदनसरस्वती in प्रस्थानभेद and अर्थसंग्रह (p 26) cites इन्द्रो वृत्राय वज्रमुदयच्छत् as an example of भूतार्थवाद. and अर्थसंग्रह defines it as 'प्रमाणान्तर-विरोध-तत्प्राप्तिरहितार्थबोधको वादो भूतार्थवाद.' When the Tai S I 7. 4. 4. or II. 6. 5. 3 says 'yajamānaḥ prastaraḥ' or 'yajamānaḥ yūpaḥ' the literal meaning is opposed to our perception (there is pratyakṣavirodha), therefore the sentence has to be understood in a metaphorical sense' (as when a boy is called 'fire') and is therefore a गुणवाद, that is, the meaning in 'yajamānaḥ yūpaḥ' is that he stands up (or erect) like a sacrificial post and looks brilliant. Where a statement (not being a vidhi) is neither an anuvāda nor a guṇavāda it is called vidyamānavāda or bhūtārthavāda This is lucidly explained by Śabara in P. M S I 4. 23 and by Śaṅkarācārya on Vedāntasūtra I. 3 33. The first handful of darbha grass cut is called 'prastara'. These passages have to be interpreted in such a way as to avoid conflict with perception and other pramāṇas but also as intended to convey praise (of some vidhi already expressed) Vide भामती 'न च आदित्यो वै यूप इति पापयज्ञादिपदस्य यूपत्वप्रतिपादनपरम्, अपि तु यूपस्तुतिपरम्'. The गुण stressed is तैजस्त्विता (brilliance) since the post is smeared with घृत