Sarkar, Kishori Lal: The Mimansa rules of interpretation as applied to Hindu law (Calcutta, 1909)

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word or phrase in a text to bee found, out in cases of Sruti and
Lingers—what are thejleading words—four classes of Nyavas—
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Section II. Maxims relating to' the interpretation of
words :—
Three subdivisions of Class I.—Class I. Group A.—usage
sense—popular meaning—Sruti sense—Foreign words in their
loreign sense'—same' term in modern and ancient texts—Class I.
Group B.-«-Wooden sword maxim—Aruni Maxim—Slrastric usage
of the words—wlgen the word is used in a qualified sense—
when in a technical sense—same word must mot have several
senses—‘general word meaning an individual object—symbolical
meaning t hi preference to natural meaning—one object of a
class gives name to the ^vhole class—figurative sense—sense of
a vague word to be gathered from what follows—Class I. Group C.
— singular qumber includes plural—single animal maxim—Habis
maxim—Parinqdge maxim—Explanatory ‘ observations on the
foregoing maxims—.
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Section III. Maxims bearing on the construction of
sentences and texts :—
Four subdivisions of (Jjlass II.—Class II. Group A—strict cons-
truction—preference of literal construction—intelligible sense
meaning—text having doubtful point—low caste priest maxim—
subordinates merge in the principal—Arthavada maxim—.
Class II. Group B.—Maxim of implied Vidhis—pillar
maxim-i-Nivita maxim—individual virtue maxim—mutually un-
connected clause maxim—mutually connected clause maxim
r closing the fist maxim—Suktavaka maxim—the principal and
subordinate maxim —maxim of the incidental—stepping fo.ward
riiaxim—whey maxim—
Class II. Group C.—Complex sentence maxim—disintegration
of sentences maxim—Ellipsis maxim—take it forward* maxim—
take it backward maxim —sacred thread maxim—Maitvavaruna

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