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- Read on →: dvy-arthaiḥ padaiḥ piśunayec ca rahasya-vastu
dvy-arthaiḥ padaiḥ piśunayec ca rahasya-vastu |
(Unknown source; cited from a kāma-śāstra in Kāvya-prakāśa, Sāhitya-darpaṇa, and the Vaiṣṇavānandinī-ṭīkā to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.33.26)“One should indicate a confidential matter with words that have a double meaning.”
- Read on →: labdhātmikā satī rūḍhir bhaved yogāpahāriṇī
labdhātmikā satī rūḍhir bhaved yogāpahāriṇī |
kalpanīyā tu labhate nātmānaṁ yoga-bādhataḥ ||
(Kumārila Bhaṭṭa; cited in Jīva Gosvāmī’s ṭīkā to Brahma-saṁhitā: 5.1)“The acquired conventional meaning (rūḍhi-artha) [of a word] overrides its etymological meaning (yoga-artha). A word meaning should not be supposed [through etymology] when there is an obstruction to its own etymological meaning [by the conventional meaning in the context of the word’s usage].”
- Read on →: rūḍhir yogam apaharati iti nyāya
rūḍhir yogam apaharati iti nyāya |
(Unknown source; cited in Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha 106)“Conventional meaning (rūḍhi) supersedes etymological meaning (yoga).”
- Read on →: vyāvṛttir vyavahāro vā lakṣaṇasya prayojanam
vyāvṛttir vyavahāro vā lakṣaṇasya prayojanam |
(Tarka-dīpikā; Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāṛta-vyākaraṇa: 45)“The purpose of a characteristic (lakṣaṇa) is differentiation [of the object possessing the characteristic from other objects] and [determining the practical] usage [of the object].”
- Read on →: lakṣyate jñāyate’neneti lakṣaṇam
lakṣyate jñāyate’neneti lakṣaṇam |
(Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāṛta-vyākaraṇa: 45)“That by which something is defined [alt., characterized, recognized, indicated] and known is a lakṣaṇa.”
- Read on →: lakṣaṇa-pramāṇābhyāṁ vastu-siddhiḥ
lakṣaṇa-pramāṇābhyāṁ vastu-siddhiḥ, na tu kevala-pratijñā-mātreṇa |
(Unknown Source)“Determination of an object arises from characteristics (lakṣaṇa) and a means of valid cognition (pramāṇa), not merely by an assertion.”