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The Vākyadoșas
Generally, a sentence-fault is that which resides in words: which are faulty only in association with other words. In Solecism, incapability and Meaninglessness, the fault does not depend on this association with other words; and, therefore, the fault is beyond the ken of a sentence-fault. This is the treditional view. But the correct definition of a 'Sentence fault' is : "A sentence fault is that which resides in words, more than one, some of which are capable of conveying the intended object". In Nyakkāro ... etc., we have instances of both; for both the words expressing the subject and the predicate are faulty here; for, if the predicate must come after the subject, the subject must also come before the predicate. This explains the propriety of the word Ansa in Avimțstavid heyāṁsa, which means "a sentence, in which, a part, which is capable of being understood as the predicate, is not prominently mentioned". So, when Mammata names it as such, he implies it as both; otherwise, to restrict it to a Padadosa, he would have called it Avimrstavidheya only. Thus, we have thirteen Vakyadosas, Now these Väkyadosas are homogeneous to those of a word. But there are twenty one other independent Vākyadoșas of a different class given by Mammața. Hemachandra's Padadosas
Hemachandra mentions the twofold poetic blemish pertaining to a word : (1) Uselessness (Nirarthakatva) (2) Ungrammaticalness (Asādhutva).
(1) Uselessness involves the use of unnecessary words such as ca, vai, tu, hi, etc. As a rule, no unnecessary word ought to be employed in a composition. So, words like ca, etc., should not be used unless their use is necessitated by the context. But when these words are used as fillers in a metrical line etc., they constitute this blemish called 'faretra. The verse (202) illustrates the use of 'hi' which is absolutely useless.
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