Kavyanushasana Critical Study

SR No.: 001713
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: A N Upadhye
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 558
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Kavya
File Size: 10 MB

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say that a Ghosa or a village is situated on the Stream of Gangā. We, therefore, look for some other meaning of the word Gangā - a more reasonable meaning. On a second thought, we realize that Gangā yields a secondary sense of Gangātaţa. This is the Laksyārtha of Gangā which is apprehended after the Vācyārtha of Gangā (viz. Gangāpravāha) was obstructed. This Mukhyārthabādha is the pre-condition of Lakşaņā. If the direct meaning is not found incompatible, there can be no indirect or Laksya sense.
Now the question is as to how the word Gangā yields the sense of Gangātaţa when Gangāpravāha is found inapplicable. To this, it can be said that since Gangataţa is connected with Gangāpravāha by Samipyasambandha, i.e., the relation of proximity, Gangā can yield the sense of Gangātaţa which can be the Adhikarana or location of a village. This reasonable sense is apprehended due to the relation of nearness between the primary sense and the secondary sense of Gangā. When this round about way of getting the sense of 'Gangātate Ghoşah' is adopted, one may wonder, why a more simple way of saying that expression directly cannot be adopted here. This doubt is cleared by the third stipulation about the Laksyārtha. The primary sense is given up and the secondary sense is understood in an indirect way because the speaker of the expression 'Gangāyāṁ ghosah' has a motive or purpose to employ the word Gangā to convey the holiness and coolness of the place. Hemachandra, while he explains the concept of Lakşaņā by means of the example Gangāyām ghoṣaḥ, points out in the gloss that the primary sense of the word Gangā etc. is the stream etc., and the bank etc. is connected with it, and the indicated sense is apprehended by the identity of the senses of the stream and the bank. He adds that the expression "Tattvena Takşyamāņa" is intended to replace "Bhedābhedabhyāmāropitaḥ" in the previous Sūtra on Gauņārtha; for the remaining terms of that definition follow here.
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