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Naya-karnikā
EXPLANATION:—The meaning is that, while the sabda-naya would treat synonyms as equivalent words, the samabhirūờha would distinguish them from one another on etymological grounds.
ARGUMENT AS TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUBTLE
(SAMABHIRŪDHA) STANDPOINT:
यदि पर्यायभेदेऽपि न भेदो वस्तुनो भवेत् । भिन्नपर्याययोर्न स्यात् स कुम्भपटयोरपि ॥ १६ ॥ yadi paryāya-bhede' pi na bhedo vastuno bhavet i bhinna-paryāyayor na syāt sa kumbha-pațayor api 11 16
yadi if; paryāya-bhede in the different synonyms; na not; bhedo difference; vastuno of a thing; bhavet (there) would be; bhinna-paryāyayoḥ possessing different words; na not; syāt (there) would be; sa that (difference); kumbha-pațayoḥ of kumbha and pața, i.e., a jar and a cloth; api also ].
(For) if different synonyms (paryāyas) of a thing do not distinguish that thing, (there) can be no such (distinction between a jar and a cloth, which have also different words (paryāyas) for them. 16.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUCH-LIKE (EVAMBHŪTA) STANDPOINT:
एकपर्यायाभिधेयमपि वस्तु च मन्यते । कार्य स्वकीयं कुर्वाणमेवंभूतनयो ध्रुवम् ॥ १७ ॥ ekaparyāyābhidheyam api vastu ca manyate |
kāryam svakiyam kurvāṇam evambhūta-nayo dhruvam 11 17
[ ekaparyāyābhidheyam expressed by one controvertible term; api only, however; vastu an object; manjate recognises; kāryam function; svakīyam one's
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