Indian Philosophy v2.c25.s2.61
Indian Philosophy v2.c25.s2.61
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v2.c25.s2.61
² According to Prabhākara, who accepts the theory of Anvitābhidhāna-vāda, the meanings of words can be known only when they occur in a sentence enjoining some duty, and so words denote objects only as related to the other factors of such a sentence. If they are not related to an injunction, but simply remind us of meanings, it is a case of remembrance, which is not valid cognition. According to the abhihitānvayavāda accepted by Kumārila's followers, the knowledge of meanings is due to words; but this knowledge is not due to recollection or apprehension, but to denotation. Words denote meanings which, when combined, give rise to a knowledge of the sentence.