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rejection nor that of complete retention will do. One must reason out through the process which combines the two.
There are three kinds of Lakshana or implied meaning—the Jahati, the Ajahati and the Bhaga Lakshanâ. The first is that in which one of the terms has to give up its primary meaning. For example, the phrase गंगायां घोषः does not mean that a village of cowherds is in the Ganges but on the Ganges. The second kind is that in which the primary meaning is retained, but something is supplied to make it clear, as the sentence श्वेतो धावांत means “a white (horse) is running." In the third kind of Lakshanâ each of the terms has to give up a part of its connotation. See the next Sloka. ]
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स देवदत्तोऽयमितीह वैकता
विरुद्धधर्माशमपास्य कथ्यते। यथा तथा तत्त्वमसीतिवाक्ये
विरुद्धधर्मानुभयत्र हित्वा ॥ २४८॥ संलक्ष्य चिन्मात्रतया सदात्मनो
रखण्डभावः परिचीयते बुधैः। एवं महावाक्यशतेन कथ्यते
ब्रह्मात्मनोरैक्यमखण्डभावः ॥ २४६ ॥ 248-249. Just as in the sentence, 'This is that Devadatta,' the identity is spoken of, eliminating the contradictory portions,' so in the
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