M.R. Kale's commentary on हितोपदेशः

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,

Attached is the first page of M.R. Kale's हितोपदेशः with his commentary at the bottom of the page.

In the third sentence of that commentary he writes स एव लक्षणया तत्संज्ञः ग्रन्थः (circled in the commentary). 

I'm unclear what he's saying.  Is he just saying  हितोपदेशः is the title of the book, or हितोपदेशः is the meaning of the book or something else?

Can someone translate this sentence.

Thanks,

Harry Spier

[Mohan Chettoor]

It seems that front-line vidwaans of this group are maintaining a studied silence over your question. So it is upto the back-benchers like this writer to play spoil-sport. Here is my explanation=

The advice of what is dear (to heart) is ‘Hitopadesha’ ; what is dear (to heart) and advice is also ‘Hitopadesha’. The book got its title on account of these hints.”

Mohan Chettoor 

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[NathRao]

I think that the meaning is this: 'hitopadesha' is the (defining) characteristic of the book, and hence has that name..

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Nath Rao

[Vardhan Taltaje]

स एव लक्षणया तत्संज्ञः ग्रन्थः 

If we use this particular word order for the sentence, then the meaning becomes more clearer: तत्संज्ञः ग्रन्थः  The book with that name (Hitopadesha) लक्षणया स एव  is figuratively that only.  The author is saying that the book's figurative and literal meanings indicate the same.

Thanks,

Vardhan

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[Harry Spier]

Thank you for the replies.   lakṣaṇayā is f.

Monier-Williams has for the meaning of lakṣaṇā

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lakṣaṇā b f. aiming at, aim, object, view, Hariv.

[Printed book page 892,2] indication, elliptical expression, use of a word for another word with a cognate meaning (as of ‘head’ for ‘intellect’), indirect or figurative sense of a word (one of its three Arthas; the other two being abhidhā or proper sense, and vyañjanā or suggestive s°; with sāropā, the placing of a word in its figurative sense in apposition to another in its proper s°), Sāh. ; Kpr. ; Bhāṣāp.  &c. [ID=180435] ----------------------------------------------------

So can the meaning of स एव लक्षणया तत्संज्ञः ग्रन्थः be:

'Hitopadesha' is the purpose of the book, hence it has that name.

Thanks,

Harry Spier

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