Essay name: Mimamsa in Medhatithi (study)
Author:
A. R. Joshi
Affiliation: University of Mumbai / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the philosophy of Mimamsa as found in Medhatithi’s commentary on the Manu Smriti.
Part 3.8 - Upalaksana
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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As the word 'Sapinda' refers to the person born in the same family,
it is illustrative and as there is no reference here to the caste even
a Ksatriya person born in the family of a Brahmin can become his 'Sapinda'.
In conclusion Medhätithi makes the application of the term
'Upalaksana' to the word Sapinda in the text and makes the conclusion of
even the Ksatriyas among the Sapinda relation of a Brahmin,
1 Nandana in his comments on the expression Purusa in the text remark
that by this expression the women and wife are excluded and we have to
follow the principle of Amusanga i.e. making the syntactical connection
of the first line with the second line of the stanza, Nandana thus
employs the Mimamsa term Anusanga to interpret the stanza.
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उत्तराधे विनिवर्तत इत्यनुषञ्जनीयम् ।
[uttarādhe vinivartata ityanuṣañjanīyam |
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