Book Title: World of Philosophy
Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan
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ONOMASTICS : UNCONVENTIONAL Source for Social Sciences
- DR. RASESH JAMINDAR
Alphabates exclusively human wedth :
Earth is the place where animate species live. Amongst them man enjoys different and unparalleled significance for two reasons : one, Man is a social animal, for individual constitues society and in the society individual gets developed. Both are thus mutually dependable. Two, Gift of intellect dignifies man is generally not found in other species of the animate world. This special element helps man to speak, read and write. Hence, syllabics and syllable are therefore the prerogative privilege of man only. Animals, no doubt, can imitate man in some ways to some extent but they cannot speak, read and write. Thus, alphabates are the exclusive wealth of human beings.
Identification needs name
Since the down of civilisation man needed naming features around him for identification and communication. This means identification needs name. Names, thus, are connected with the problem of identity and distinctive qualities of places, persons and objects. Therefore, names are the hidden treasures of human struggles, trials, tribulations and achievements. Speech as rope and name as knot
A verse in the Rugveda suggests that the name does constitute the basic structure of languages : 4918 aia 30 ya da TRD GEN: 1(90.98.3); i.e. the primary speech which those who are bearing the name initially motivated. This is just profoundly true at the primary stage of the formation of speech because every word be it a denominator of class, quality action or individual is basically a sign and therefore it is a name. This idea is profusely expressed in the Aitaréya Brāhmaṇa (2.1.6), thus : archifa: THI Guf angel ud fadi TITI meaning thereby that speech is rope while while names are knots. So by his speech as rope and by names as knots all this is bound. Name Leads from known to unknown
Universally and understandable, prime facie, it is an established fact that nothing can be identified without name. Thus, name is everything. Without it nothing is possible to know and identity its character. Name helps us in knowing which is so for unknown.
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