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<headword>निरुक्ति</headword>
निरुक्तिः
Niscayarukti : Ascertainment
 
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Coined Etymology : 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 srestśreṣṭhatama (the most best),
krandasiī (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. iīdṛśaisścaritair jāne satyam daṃ doṣākaro bhabvān.
इद

 
ईदृ
शैश्चरितैर्जाने 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
 
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<headword>निश्चयः</headword>
 
निश्चयः Niścayaḥ
: Ascertainment:
 
The word niścaya (nir √ci ac) literally means ascertainment, fixed
opinion, firm conviction, determination, resolution, positive conclusion
etc. Rhetorically it is
Niscayaḥ: Ascertainment:
 
The word niscaya
ścaya where one thing (nir √ci ac) literally means ascertainment, fixed
o
ie upinion, firm conviction, determination, resolution, positive conclusion
etc. Rhetorically it is Niscaya where one thing (ie upameya or the
ameya 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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