dictionary of sanskrit grammar

manyu was an ancient sage who
wrote a nirukta or etymological
work and whose pupil came to be
known as
3 'OTT a well-known term in Rhetorics
meaning the figure of speech
' simile ’ o r ' comparison The word
is often found in the Nirukta in the
. same sense; cf. srcm 37m: I ‘ ^
sfe W 1 Nir III. 13.
Generally an inferior thing is compared
to another that is superior in
quality.
standard of comparison. The
word is found in the PSginisutra
P. II, T.55 where
the Ka^ikavrtti explains it as 37-
'37Tra?T an object which is compared.
The word is found in Paninisutra
QTTWt P. II. 1.56, where
the Kasika paraphrases it by the
word and illustrates it by the
word in pt?sqi3.
an object which is to be compared.
See gnrfiRT.
implication, indication; a
thing indicatory of another thing.
It is defined.as BftT
The term is very frequently
found in commentary works
in connection with a word which
signifies something beyond it which
is similar to it; the indication is
generally inclusive; cf. K a S i k a on
P. I. 3.68
era m I as also jtkrji oi g
Ka§. on II. 4.80. The
verbal forms of s$r and as also
the words 5583% ^ , s§ # V ® % re tc.
possess the sense of ‘ expressing the
meaning not primarily, but secondarily
by indication or implication \
5P?R3fif^ a substituted word element;
cf, #3: tRi gZJRFT i 5R>R: SJW-
w i:' 1
%q^Nir. X. 17.
3 7 ^ an ancient grammarian and
Mimamsaka believed to have been
the brother of Vaisa and the preceptor
of Panini. He is referred to,
many times as an ancient writer
of some Vfttigranthas.
implication of something by
means of a mark or sign; significant
object or mark. cp. Vak. Pad. II.18;
111.14,85. I Helaraja.
immediate contact, as for instance,
of one word with another; cf.
=tf viftgntfer
spacer 3’mKt. | M .Bh. on VI.-l.72,
The word is also found in the
Mahabhasya in the same context.
mention, generally of the
type of the annexation of some
words to words already given, or-
of some limiting conditions or additions
to what has been already
stated. The word is often found
at the end of the statements made
by the Varttikakara on the sutras
of Panini.; cf. P. I. 1.29 Vart. 1;
1. 1.36-Vart. 3 etc. 'The words
and are also similarly used.
The word is found sjmilarly used in
the Mahabhasya also very frequently.
inclusion of something, which
is not directly mentioned; cf. HRigf'T-
K ai. on P. I. 3.48, also
^TOln«l%T§'T5iil€l$»j; Kas.
on P . V II. 4.65.
( 1 ) union; cf.
*TqfnT prepositions
are signs to show that such a union
with another sense has occurred in
the case of the noun or. veib to
which they are prefixed,; Nir. I. 3,;