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SAHĶDAYĀLOKA Our detailed examination as above goes to establish the fact that alamkārikas earlier than Anandavardhana positively knew the pratīyamāna-artha, without naming it either as 'dhvani' or 'gunībhūtavyangya' arrived at through the agency of vyañjanā. We feel that the use of such words as 'avagamayati' and 'gamayati', goes to establish their awareness concerning perhaps vyañjanā also. Perhaps they had no occasion, as had Anandavardhana, to establish dhvani and vyañjanā clearly due to confusion created about their nature by less gifted alamkārikas that followed the earlier masters and preceeded Ānandavardhana. We will now go to examine the nature of sabdavrtti's i.e. abhidhā, laksanā and vyañjanā and also tātparya in greater details in the following pages.
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