Definition of Upalaksana in Mimamsa

[Full title: Mimamsa technical terms (8) Upalaksana]

Upalaksana is an attribute which may have to be possessed by a person or a thing in the past only or he may have to possess in future. The only distinction that can be pointed out between adjective (Visesana) and Upalaksana, is that adjective is a closer and permanent associate. 1 In the Nyayakosa of Jhalkikar the term Upalaksana is defined and explained by citing the following example. Suppose a crow is sitting on the top of the house of Devadatta, If I say to my friend that this house, where a crow is sitting is Devadatta's house, for the moment Kakavatta is an adjective of the house of Devadata. If my friend comes there the next day there is no crow sitting on the top of Devadatta's house so that Kakavatta at that time is an Upalaksana of the house of Devadatta. Another practical example of Upalaksana can be given as follows: Suppose a principle of a college issues an invitation to his colleagues to attend at home at his place. Now this word colleague becomes adjective with reference to those that are on the staff of that college at that particular time. But the same word is applicable to Ex-professors of that college by an Upalaksana. Naturally Ex-professors will not attend 1. vivaksitantraya pratiyogita anavacchedakam vyavacchedakam upalaksanam| yatha kakrena devadattagrhamityadau kako na grhasthah devadattanvaya pratiyogita va- cchedakah | apraya bhavah prayogakale grhe kaka satkhe'pi yada kadacitkaka samavadhane 'pi purvopasthita kaka smaranena devadatta grha vijnayate iti kakasyo- palaksanatvam iti bodhyam | kakasa Nyaya kosa Page abo 19

G 584 that function because the word colleague is better to the present professors than to the past of Ex-professors. V.S. Apte gives the following meaning of the word Upalaksana, in the Sanskrit-English Dictionary 'Implying some thing that has not been - 1 actually expressed implication of something in addition, or any similar object where only one is mentioned. Cf. 1. svapratipadakatve sati svaratara pratipadakam | Page No 113 ft