काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

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यदि शब्दश्रुतेरनन्तरं यावानर्थो लभ्यते तावति शब्दस्या-
भिधैव व्यापारः ततः कथं 'ब्राह्मण पुत्रस्ते जातः ब्राह्मण कन्या
ते गर्भिणी' इत्यादौ हर्षशोकादीनामपि न वाच्यत्वम् । कस्माच्च
लक्षणा लक्षणीयेऽप्यर्थे दीर्घदीर्घतराभिधाव्यापारेणैव प्रतीतिसिद्धेः।
किमिति च श्रुतिलिङ्गवाक्यप्रकरणस्थानसमाख्यानां पूर्वपूर्वबली-
यस्त्वम् इत्यन्विताभिधानवादेपि विधेरपि सिद्धं व्यङ्ग्यत्वम् ।।
words of the sentence itself (by Indication, if not by direct
Denotation).
[The distinction between such 'Indication' and the 'Suggestion'
under dispute is that the indicated meaning is apprehended immediately
from the words themselves, while what is suggested comes to be grasped
some time after the direct denoted meaning has been comprehended].
Further, if we were to accept the view that in regard
to anything and everything that happens to be perceived
on the hearing of a certain word, the action of the word
is always 'Denotation' only,—then, in the case of the
words 'O Brāhmaṇa, a son has been born to you—and
your unmarried daughter is enciente'—why should not joy
and dejection that become manifested on the face of the
man to whom they are addressed be regarded as the mean-
ing of the words? 'Why too, in that case, admit of
'Indication' either (as a Secondary Verbal process) ?
For in the case of 'Indication' also, the gradually extending
reach of 'Denotation' itself could account for the desired
signification.—Why again should there be any gradually
descending authority attaching to 'Direct Vedic Declara-
tion', 'Indicative Power', 'Syntactical Connection', 'Con-
text', 'Position' and 'Name' (as the means of ascertain-
ing what accessory is subservient to what sacrificial act) ?
From all this it follows that under the theory of the
'Anvitābhidhāna' also, 'the affirmation (implied by the
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