Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.178

c16.178

**Its Attributes.** The sound or Word that counts as *Āgama* cannot be understood without a knowledge of its four attributes, viz. (1) *Śakti* (implication), (2) *Lakshaṇā* (what it symbolizes), (3) *Vyañjanā* (allusion), and (4) Inner Sense or gist (*Tātparya*). Sound will convey its sense only to one who has desire for learning (*ākāṅkshā*), fitness (*yogyatā*), devotion (*āsakti*), and insight (*tātparya-jñāna*).