Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c32.3

c32.3

The conclusion regarding the latter Sacrifices is that these also have all their details; but, not having been directly enjoined for them, these details come to them through Atidesha, Transference. This ‘Transference’ is that process by which the details prescribed in connection with one Sacrifice are extended beyond that Sacrifice and transfered to another Sacrifice. For instance, after having given full directions regarding the feeding of Dēvadatta, one says ‘Feed Yajñadatta also like Dēvadatta’. This Transference can be done either by Name or by a Declaration. The Name that is made such a means of Transference is of three kinds—(1) Name of the Act, (2) Name of the Embellishment and (3) Etymological Name. The Declaration is of two kinds—(1) Direct (Perceptible) and (2) Indirect (Inferred).—(Bhāṣya, Trs., pp. 1239-1240).