History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.456

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²¹⁰⁸ तस्मान्मुख्यगौणयोर्मुख्ये कार्यसंप्रत्ययः। शबर on III. 1. 1. The same words occur in the महाभाष्य on वार्तिक 4 on पा. VI. 3. 46 as गौणमुख्ययोर्मुख्ये कार्यसम्प्रत्ययः; तस्माल्लोकवेदयोरभिन्नाः शब्दार्था इति। तन्त्रवा on same सूत्र p. 293. शङ्कराचार्य on V. S. IV 3. 12 employs the same words as the first quotation from Sabara. Vide शास्त्रदी. on III 2.1-3 In *Umaid Bahadur V Udaichand* I. L. R. 6 Cal. 119 (F B) at p 126 (where the question was whether the word 'sapiṇḍa' defined by the Mitākṣarā in the *ācāra* section as a person connected by particles of one body can be taken for purposes of inheritance as persons connected by the offering of funeral oblations) it is stated 'it is a well understood rule of construction among the authors of the Institutes of Hindu Law that the same word must be taken to have been used in one and the same sense throughout a work, unless the contrary is expressly indicated.' Vide *Ramchandra V Vinayak* L. R. 41. I. A. 290 where the above passage in the Calcutta case is quoted with approval at pp 303-304.