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The combination of sounds (or letters varṇaḥ) will give us infinite number of meanings. In the following verse the one letter n in combination with the same letter n gives us a good sense. The verse in question is not really meant for alliteration, but is meant for showing the infinite power of sound combination. The verse says -
na nonanunno nunnono nānā nānananā nanu/ nunno nunnanno nanunneno nānenā nunnanunnanut// (Kī XV. 14)
'No man is he who is wounded by a low man; no man is the man who wounds a low man, oye of divine aspect; the wounded is not wounded if his master is unwounded; nor guiltless is he who wounds one sore wounded.' [translated by A. B. Keith, A Hi-tOIY of Sanskrit Literature, Oxford, 1920, p 114.]
Deep Structure, Surface Structure and Transformation"
Tātparya can be equated with the deep structure, surface structure and transformation of the modern linguistic theory.
It is normally said that sentences of all languages must have a deep structure and a surface structure. The deep structure gives the meaning of a sentence, while the surface structure gives the form of a sentence as it is used in communication. The basic idea of deep and surface structures can only be understood when a person listens to someone else speaking a language. What is most important is to find out a meaning in sounds of a language. The deep and surface structures are based on finding out a meaning in sounds. In fact, what we say is tantamount to saying that the form of a sentence is given outwardly by its surface structure, while the meaning of a sentence is conveyed by its deep structure. Take a sentence like - - a new idea is often valuable.
The main function of the deep structure is to elucidate the explicit meaning of a sentence which is not provided by a surface structure outwardly.
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