शब्दनय Verbal Point of View

 

 

सवणं सपइ स तेणं व सप्पए वत्थु जं तओ सद्दो।
तस्सत्थ-परिग्गहओ नओ वि सद्दो त्ति हेउ व्व ॥19॥SSu

 

शपनं शपति स तेन, वा शप्यते वस्तु यत् ततः शब्दः।
तस्यार्थपरिग्रहतो, नयोऽपि शब्द इति हेतुरिव ॥19॥

 

शब्दों से ही जब करे, आप वस्तु पहचान ।
शब्द अर्थ ही ग्रहण करे, शाब्दिक नय सम्मान ॥4.39.19.708॥

 

जिसके द्वारा वस्तु को कहा जाता है या पहचाना जाता है वह शब्दनय है।

 

Word is “calling” or “summoning” (Ahvan) (in other words) a word is that which “calls” or “summons”. Further, a word is called that whereby a thing is described. Naya has also been termed as word because it explains the significance of that word. Sapana, i.e. “calling”, is a word, or that which calls is word, or through which an object is reffered to is also a word. It is called “Sabdanaya” because it graspes the meaning of the word. (708)