History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.530

v7.c93.530

²¹⁵¹ निवेशनः सङ्गमनो वसूनामित्यैन्द्रया गार्हपत्यमुपतिष्ठते। मैत्रा सं III 2. 4 This verse occurs in चयन. According to some (e. g. भामती on वे सू III. 3. 25) the Aindrī verse is कदाचनस्तरीरसि नेन्द्र सश्चसि दाशुषे। ऋ. VIII 51 7 and वाज सं. VIII. 2. It is used in अग्निहोत्र (महोपस्थान) The words श्रुति and लिङ्ग have technical senses in PMS III 3. 14. Śruti ordinarily means Veda or a vedic text But here श्रुति and लिङ्ग mean respectively निरपेक्षो रवः श्रुति., शब्दसामर्थ्यं लिङ्गम्। e a vedic word or a passage that is independent (i e does not require any intermediate step to be taken) and liṅga means the suggestive power of words Both the definitions are given by the अर्थसंग्रह; 'यत्तावच्छ- *(Continued from last page)* यदस्यार्थमभिधातुं सामर्थ्यं तल्लिङ्गम्, यदर्थस्याभिधानं शब्दस्य श्रवणमात्रादेवावगम्यते सा श्रुत्यावगम्यते । श्रवणं श्रुतिः । शबर on III. 3. 13 p 825; compare पाणिनि 'कर्तुरीप्सिततमं कर्म' (I. 4. 49), 'कर्तृकरणयोस्तृतीया' (II. 3. 18). The word ऐन्द्र्या being in the instrumental conveys the idea of करण, while गार्हपत्यं being in the objective case at once conveys that it is principal in उपस्थान.