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words are quite important and necessary for the context. Significantly, Hemachandra observes here that there is no fault if a sense which needs to be expressed but is implied or suggested by an invariable association or through propriety, is not expressed at all; as, e.g., in the verse no. 332, 'Asti' is understood. In the next verse (333), too, the verb is suggested through propriety. Similarly, in the verse (334), the subject words Anala etc. are suggested by propriety.
In view of this, the non-expression of the sense should not be separately mentioned as a fault. Some writers assert that for the sake of the comprehension of a thing consisting of the thing and its attributes, the word denotative of it or a synonym thereof or a pronoun should necessarily be used and if it is not used then it constitutes the fault of deficient words, as e.g., in Dvayam gatam.... etc. (Kumarasambhava V. 71). In this verse, the word Kapalin referring to the person and the thing is (1) denotative of the thing only (2) or the censure-worthiness arising through its contact with Kapala, or (3) both these points of view prevail.
On the first view, for the sake of particular apprehension, the holder of the Kapala should also be included in the denotation, so that his censure-worthiness can be suggested. On the second view, to apprehend the substratum of the Kapala, the substantive needs to be mentioned either by the same word or by a synonyn or by a pronoun, so that its intended sense is conveyed.
This quotation is from Mahimbhatta's Vyaktiviveka (11.70 etc.), where it is called Vacyāvacanadoṣa. It is explained thus: "Now he takes up the fifth Dosa in order. In the term Vācyavacana, the negative prefix 'A' conveyes two senses: (1) nonmention of that which must be mentioned, and (2) the mention of that which ought not be mentioned. The clarifies this point, by stating that the blemish occurs when a thing is -expressed by its own term when it is possible and also necessary to use a pronoun to express it. In the verse "Dvayam gatam...
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