A question on the sense of iti

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svaruupa-dyotakata in the context with which you are concerned is more

likely to mean 'illumination/indication/cosignification of own form,' that

is, 'being an instance of (self-referral or) mention of a linguistic

expression as distinct from its employment or use to denote,' not

'illumination of essence.'

 

Once this basic change in understanding is made, the three sub-types would

respectively be:

(a) instances in which iti is instrumental in conveying the form of a

word/phrase/sentence; e.g. 'gaur' iti (;sabda.h) or deva-datto gaa.m

pa;syatiiti vaakyam;

(b) instances in which iti is instrumental in conveying the meaning of a

basic/root word or stem; e.g. go-;sabdasyaartha.h saasnaadimaan praa.nii

iti; and

© instances in which iti is instrumental in conveying the meaning of a

sentence (let us say, proposition); e.g. deva-datt.h gaam pa;syatiiti

vaakyasyaartha.h deva-datta-kart.rkaa go-karmikaa d.r;si-kriyeti.

 

ashok aklujkar

 

 

On 05-02-2006 15:53, "Ashin Pandita" <ashinpan wrote:

> The Sanskrit lexicon Vacaspti gives 19 differences for the indeclinable

> iti, and, out of them, svarUpadyotakatA (The illumination of essence) is

> further divided into 3 sub-types:

>

> 1. zabdasvarUpadyotakatA

> 2. prAtipAdikArthadyotakatA

> 3. vAkyArthadyotakatA

>

> These 3 types are given with examples and very short explanations, which

> I have failed to catch.