History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.s1.84

v7.c93.s1.84

न विधौ परः शब्दार्थः — means that it is not permissible to hold that in a विधि-वाक्य a word therein has a meaning other than the direct one The कल्पतरु on भामती (on वे सू I. 1 1 p 10) explains 'विधायके शब्दे परो लक्ष्य. शब्दार्थो न भवति', vide शबर on IV. 4. 19 (which says अनुवादे च लक्षणा न्याय्या न विधौ) and also on IV. 1 8, where the ten यज्ञाधुध (स्फ्य wooden sword etc.) mentioned in तै सं. I. 6. 8. 2-3 are held to be an अनुवाद and not a विधि. Vide परा. मा. I. 2. p. 298 and मद पा. p. 372, दत्त. मी. p. 180.