Parikshamukham

SR No.: 004085
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Saratchandra Ghoshal
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1940
Total Pages: 362
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 7 MB

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Parikşāmukham
141 cause of the knowledge of the sense of a sentence is the interdependance, Compatibility and Juxta-position (of the words ). Inter-dependance means the inability of a word to indicate the intended sense in the absence of another word. Compatibility consists in ( a word's ) not rendering futile the sense (of a sentence). Juxta-position consists in the enunciation of the words without a (long ) pause between each.
A collection of words devoid of interdependance etc. is no valid sentence. For example 'cow, horse, man, elephant' gives no information, the words not looking out for one another. The expression 'He should irrigate with fire' is no cause of right knowledge, for there is no compatibility ( between fire and irrigation ). The words 'Bring-the-cow' not pronounced close together but with an interval of some three hours between each, are not a cause of correct knowledge, from the absence of ( the requisite closeness of ) juxta-position"."
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Now, if we ask, who decides that such and such a word means such and such a thing, the answer given by some Hindu logicians is that it is God's will which decides this. “The power (of a word ) is the appointment, in the shape of God's will that such and
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