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āgamah : Precept
 
प्रतिषेधपुरःसरोक्तिराक्षेपः । वा. का. ३
 

 
एकेनापरस्यान्यथासिद्धिराक्षेपः । अ. शे. ४.४
 

 
आक्षेपस्वयमुक्तस्य प्रतिषेधो विचारणात् । कु. ३२.७३

 
निषेधाभासमाक्षेपं बुधाः केचन मन्वते । कु. ३२.३४

 
आक्षेपोऽन्यो विधौ व्यक्ते निषेधे च तिरोहिते। कु. ३२.७५
 

 
आक्षेपो वक्तुमिष्टस्य यो विशेषविवक्षया ।
 

निषेधो वक्ष्यमाणत्वेनोक्तत्वेन च स द्विधा ॥ अ. कौ ८।२७०
 

 
निषेधेच्छाययाक्षेपः कान्तिं प्रथयितुं पराम् ।
 

 
इष्टस्याप्यभिधातुं योऽर्थस्य विशेषबोधाय ।
 

स्वयमेव प्रतिषेधः स वक्ष्यमाणोक्तविषय आक्षेपः ॥ अ-कौ. ३६
 

 
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आगमः Āgamaḥ
: āgamahPrecept : Precept :
 
à

 
ā
√gam a (<ach) literally means traditional doctrine, precept, sacred writ-

ings or scriptures (like the Vedas), the last of the four kinds of knowledge

(pratyaksa, anumāna, upamāna and sābda or āgama).
 

 
Here aāgama has been taken in the sense of aāpta-vakya (ie a

valid judgement or proof as given by a wise man) or śabda pramāna ie

valid proof revealed through wise men or codified in scriptures

like the Vedas). When such a statement in the form of injunction

or advice is represented in an artistic style by a poet, it is known as

Āgama or Śabda. It is recognised by Bhoja and
Agama or Śāppayya. It bda. It is recognised elongs
to the category of pramāṇa-alaṃkāra (ie figures esta
by Bholished on the
methodology of logical argument)
 
eg 1. dāridryaṃ paramā
ja and Appayya. It belongs
to the category of pramāṇa-alamkāra (ie figures established on the
methodology of logical argument)
 
eg 1. dāridryam paramānjānam.
ñānam.
दारिद्र्यं परमाज्ञानम् ।
 

 
Poverty is the obscurest nescience.
 

 
2. nāśāya mṛgayā rājñām iti jānannapi svayam

jahau tām mādhavo viro na himīro na hiṃsyād iti bhāvayan.

 
नाशाय मृगया राज्ञामिति जानन्नपि स्वयम् ।
 

जहौ तं माधवो वीरो न हिंस्यादिति भावयन् ॥
 

 
Hunting for kings is but kill-
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By himself knowing it fully well

Mādhava, the valiant, left her

Thinking 'violence is not to prefer'.
 
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