History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.467

v7.c93.467

²¹¹⁵ According to तन्त्रवा० there is a slight difference between लक्षणा and गौणी Vide अभिधेयाविनाभूते प्रतीतिर्लक्षणेष्यते। लक्ष्यमाणगुणैर्योगाद्वृत्तेरिष्टा तु गौणता ॥ वह्नित्वलक्षितादर्थाद्यत्सैङ्घ्यत्यादि गम्यते। तेन माणवके बुद्धिः सादृश्यादुपजायते॥ p. 354 on I. 4. 12. गङ्गायां घोष. is लक्षणा (गङ्गातीरे घोष.), while अग्निर्मांणवकः (the boy is fire) is an example of गौणीवृत्ति (possession of a quality common to both). गोणी is a variety of लक्षणा which latter occurs in a far larger number of cases. The boy has some of the qualities (गुण) of fire such as very brown colour and the like and therefore here the word 'fire' is applied to the boy in a figurative sense.