काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

12 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA वाचकादीनां क्रमेण स्वरूपमाह साक्षात्संकेतितं योर्थमभिधत्ते स वाचकः॥ ७ ॥ इहागृहीतसंकेतस्य शब्दस्यार्थप्रतीतेरभावात्संकेतसहाय एव शब्दोऽर्थविशेषं प्रतिपादयतीति यस्य यत्राव्यवधानेन संकेतो गृह्यते स तस्य वाचकः ॥७॥ सङ्केतितश्चतुर्भेदो जात्यादिर्जातिरेव वा । यद्यप्यर्थक्रियाकारितया प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तियोग्या व्यक्तिरेव तथाप्यानन्त्याद् व्यभिचाराच्च तत्र संकेतः कर्तुं न युज्यत इति गौः शुक्लश्चलो डित्थ इत्यादीनां विषयविभागो न प्राप्नोतीति च। तदुपाधावेव संकेतः। may be, “ since the bird is sitting so peacefully, you could not have come here ere this ; your protestation that you had come here is consequently false.” [This suggestion is based upon the fact of the two interlocutors being lovers.] The author now proceeds to describe in due order the character of the Expressive and other kinds of words :— That which denotes the direct conventional meaning is the ‘ Expressive ’ word.—(7) As a matter of fact, in ordinary parlance, there is no comprehension of the meaning of a word, the con- vention regarding whose denotation is not known ; thus it is only when the word is helped by its usage that it expresses a certain meaning ; and when the conventional denotation is apprehended directly, without the inter- vention of any other agency, the word is said to be ‘ ex- pressive ’ of that denotation or meaning. 7. The conventional denotation is four-fold, consisting of Com- munity and the rest,—or (according to some) Community alone.