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ambiguous i.e. having more than one meaning. But having more than one meaning is not the criterion of ambiguity. Philosophers call a word ambiguous only when it creates confusion in picking the proper or contextual meaning. Meanings are known from the contexts. I am going to bank to deposit money would not lead to the expectation that one would go to river bank. Hence it is not ambiguous. Ambiguity exists where there is confusion in the judgement of the object of knowledge or picking the right meaning of the words or sentences. For successful communication eradication of the ambiguity is necessary. To pick up the proper meaning we must be clear as to what really meaning means The Meaning of Meaning
John Hospers Quotes meaning of meaning in eight forms viz. meaning means Indication, cause, effect, intension, explanation purpose, implication, significance.2
Acarya Bhartrhari says yasminstuccărite sabde yadā yortha pratīyate tamāhurartham tasyeva nānyadarthasya lakṣaṇam 2/2843
This definition of Bhartrhari absorbs all the forms of meaning of Hospers in one aphorism which states “The meaning, as understood when a word is pronounced, is the only meaning which that particular word has.' Let whatsoever be the form of meaning of meaning but while understanding the meaning we have various dimensions. Here we take the help of the mind. Derivation of Meanings is surely and essentially a mental process, a process of conscious life and not dead matter. I4 In Bhasa vijñān it has been told that knowledge, ideas and appearances are all mental processes. Mind thinks to speak and speaker speaks it out and hearer hears those words and know the meaning through his mental faculty. While knowing the meaning, there a process of bimba nirmānal takes place i.e. when you see a cow, its picture is imprinted in your mind and whenever one hears the word 'cow' again that previous mental impression would come forward the meaning of the word cow is known again and Picture theory of Wittgenstein do depend on mental events and phenomena.' Picture theory says "What is sensible if and only if it pictures any state of affairs. The pictorial meaning consists of a mental picture. It
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