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  • prakṛty-āśritaṁ prakṛtāv api pūrva-pūrvam antaraṅgaṁ, prakṛter bahir-āśritaṁ bahiraṅgam, svalpāśritam antaraṅgaṁ, bahv-āśritaṁ bahiraṅgam, antaraṅga-bahiraṅgayor antaraṅgo vidhir balavān iti |
    (Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 211)

    “A rule that applies to the prakṛti and among such rules that apply to the prakṛti those that are respectively earlier are [called] antaraṅga; a rule that applies outside of the prakṛti is [called] bahiraṅga; a rule that applies in fewer cases is [called] antaraṅga, and a rule that applies in more cases is [called] bahiraṅga; and between an antaraṅga rule and a bahiraṅga rule, the antaraṅga rule is stronger.”

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  • samasta-vyāpi sāmānyam, eka-deśa-vyāpī viśeṣaḥ; sāmānya-vidhir utsargo, viśeṣa-vidhir apavādaḥ iti sthite pūrva-parayoḥ para-vidhir balavān, nityānityayor nityaḥ, antaraṅga-bahiraṅgayor antaraṅgaḥ, utsargāpavādayor apavādaḥ | teṣu cottarottara iti |
    (Paribhāṣendu-śekhara; cited in the Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāṛta-vyākaraṇa: 59)

    “That which pervades [i.e. applies to] a whole [i.e., an entire group or class] is [called] sāmānya (“general”), and that which pervades [i.e. applies to] one section [of a group or class] is [called] viśeṣa (“specific”). A sāmānya-vidhi (“general injunction”) is [called] an utsarga (“general rule”), and a viśeṣa-vidhi (“specific injunction”) is [called] an apavāda (“exception,” a specific rule that restricts a general rule). With the aforementioned is established, (1) between an earlier and later [injunction], the later injunction is predominant; (2) between a nitya (“constant”) and anitya (“inconstant”) [injunction], the nitya [is predominant]; (3) between an antaraṅga (“internal”) and bahiraṅga (“external”) [injunction], the antaraṅga [is predominant]; and (4) between an utsarga, and an apavāda, the apavāda [is predominant]. Among these [four categories of injunctions], each later one [is predominant over the earlier ones].”

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  • viśeṣyasya hi yal-liṅgaṁ vibhakti-vacane ca ye |
    tāni sarvāṇi yojyāni viśeṣaṇa-padeṣv api ||
    (Vaiyākaraṇa-sampradāyaḥ; cited in a footnote to Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 304)

    “The gender (liṅga), along with the case (vibhakti) and number (vacana), of the qualificand (viśeṣya)—all of these are to be applied to modifier words (viśeṣaṇa-padas) as well.”

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  • kāryiṇā hanyate kāryī kāryāṁ kāryeṇa hanyate |
    nimittaṁ ca nimittena yac cheṣam anuvartate ||
    (Unknown source; cited in the Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇam: 50)

    “A kāryī [i.e., the object of an operation] is eliminated by a kāryī. A kārya (operation) is eliminated by a kārya. A nimitta (cause of an operation) is eliminated by a nimitta. And that which remains carries over [from the previous sūtra].”

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  • kvacit pravṛttiḥ kvacid apravṛttiḥ
    kvacid vibhāṣā kvacid anyad eva |
    vidher vidhānaṁ bahudhā samīkṣya
    caturvidhaṁ bāhulakaṁ vadanti ||
    (Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 195)

    “Sometimes application, sometimes non-application, sometimes optionality, and sometimes only something else—[in this way] observing various implimentations of a rule, the previous authorities say bāhulaka (bahula) is of four types.”

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  • sānusvāraś ca dīrghaś ca visargī ca gurur bhavet |
    varṇa-saṁyoga-pūrvaś ca tathā pādāntago’pi vā ||
    (Chando-mañjarī: 1.11; cited in the Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa Amṛta-ṭīkā: 1.81)

    “A vowel with an anusvāra (ṁ), a dīrgha (trivikrama) vowel, a vowel with a visarga (ḥ), and a vowel [immediately] prior to a conjunct (sat-saṅga) of varṇas is guru (“heavy”), and so too optionally is a vowel coming at the end of a pāda [i.e. a line or quarter of a verse].”

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