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<headword>निरुक्ति</headword>
निरुक्तिः Niruktiḥ : Coined Etymology :

It is nir √vac kti <ktin. Nirukti is a grammatical term denoting the
etymology of a word giving the derivative sense. As a figure of
speech Nirukti occurs when some new word is coined in analogy
with another word and such new formation of a word gives an
agreeable meaning. Poets are not bound by the rules of grammar
and their innovative search coins new words in different ways.
Analogy is one of the ways of constructing new words, and many
such words though grammatically incorrect are found to be in
vogue in language. Such words are known as poetic licence (ie ārṣa-
prayoga). Words like śreṣṭhatama (the most best), 
krandasī (a weep-
ing lady), the most unkindest cut (in Shakespeare) are examples.

Nirukti as a figure is most uncommon and recognised by
Appayya and a few only.

eg 1. īdṛśaiścaritair jāne satyaṃ doṣākaro bhavān.
ईदृशैश्चरितैर्जाने सत्यं दोषाकरो भवान् ।
I know from such acts of thine,
You are really a person of evil design.

Here the word doṣākaraḥ has been formed on the analogy of
guṇākara (ie a man of quality).

Definition

निरुक्तियोगतो नाम्नामन्यार्थत्वप्रकाशनम् । कु. १६४

निश्चयः Niścayaḥ : Ascertainment:

The word niścaya (nir √ci ac) literally means ascertainment, fixed
opinion, firm conviction, determination, resolution, positive conclusion
etc. Rhetorically it is Niścaya where one thing (ie upameya or the
subject in hand) is emphatically established with certainty either by
some action (kriyā) or directly by the use of a negative particle (like
na) with the denial of another (ie the upamāna or the standard of
comparison) which is very similar to the upameya. Here we find
extreme similitude between the two and there is every chance of
taking one thing as the other.

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