Natyashastra

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स्थापितोऽर्थो भवेद्यत्र समासेनार्थासूचकः । धात्वर्थवचनेनेह निरुक्तं तत्प्रचक्षते ॥ १३॥

sanskrit

Where the meaning is established, signifying the sense through a compound, and explained here by the root-meaning and expression, it is called a definition.

english translation

sthApito'rtho bhavedyatra samAsenArthAsUcakaH । dhAtvarthavacaneneha niruktaM tatpracakSate ॥ 13॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/6/1/13

स्थापितोऽर्थो भवेद्यत्र समासेनार्थासूचकः । धात्वर्थवचनेनेह निरुक्तं तत्प्रचक्षते ॥ १३॥

sanskrit

Where the meaning is established, signifying the sense through a compound, and explained here by the root-meaning and expression, it is called a definition.

english translation

sthApito'rtho bhavedyatra samAsenArthAsUcakaH । dhAtvarthavacaneneha niruktaM tatpracakSate ॥ 13॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript