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On the proper function of arthavâda and mantra according to the Mîmâmsâ, cp. Arthasamgraha, Introduction.
Footnote 211:[(return)]
See above, p. 197.
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Which can be offered by kshattriyas only.
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Srautali@ngenânumânabâdham darsayitvâ smârtenâpi tadbâdham darsâyati smârtam iti. Kim atra brahma amritam kim svid vedyam anuttamam, kintayet tatra vai gatvâ gandharvo mâm aprikkhata, Visvâvasus tato râjan vedântajñânakovida iti mokshadharme janakayâjñavalkyasamvâdât prahlâdâjagarasamvadâk koktânumânâsiddhir ity arthah.
Footnote 214:[(return)]
As opposed to an action to be accomplished.
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Of this nature is, for instance, the arthavâda, 'Fire is a remedy for cold.'
Footnote 216:[(return)]
Of this nature is, for instance, the passage 'the sacrificial post is the sun' (i.e. possesses the qualities of the sun, luminousness, &c.; a statement contradicted by perception).
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And therefore to suppose that a divinity is nothing but a certain word forming part of a mantra.
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The râjasûya-sacrifice is to be offered by a prince who wishes to become the ruler of the whole earth.
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In one of whose stages the being desirous of final emancipation becomes a deva.