History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1777

v7.c99.1777

*Pratiṣedha* (or niṣedha, prohibition); (vide under 'na', fifth (and last) class of Vedic texts 1246, a sentence in which 'na' is employed is either a pratiṣedha or *paryudāsa* or an *arthavāda* and these three have to be clearly distinguished 1249; a true prohibition would occur when something is first prescribed and then prohibited, the stock example being that of ṣoḍaśin cup, 1249; distinguished from Paryudāsa, 1247-48, Pāṇini devotes several sūtras to 'na' and expressly states that pratiṣedha is one of the meanings 1246, particle 'na' sometimes changed to 'a' or to 'an' indicates pratiṣedha and other senses also 1246; result or reward of following pratiṣedha is cessation of harm (anartha-nivṛtti) 1247, Vidhi and P. are different in their import in five points 1247; where two texts are quite irreconcilable there is option 1249.