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(2) with reference to certain real or imaginary attributes, discovered or transferred to the object (sthāpanā nikshepa), e.g., to call a piece of carved stone Nelson's statue, and the pieces of chess King and Queen;
(3) with regard to the potentiality of an object (dravya nikshepa), to call a rajkumar (the son of a raja) raja; or a medical student doctor;
(4) with reference to occupation or calling (bhāva nikshepa), e.g., to call a person engaged in the act of worship a worshipper.
If there be difficulty in understanding the purport of speech, a reference to the particular method of naming would be found of great help. For instance, the statement the queen is captured' might refer to a real queen or to a wooden piece in the game of chess. The confusion can be eliminated by the knowledge of the particular form of nikshepa employed in the nomenclature.
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