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of 'Vyanjakatva' of the prefixes 'Pra' etc. in such words as Praptam"? We cannot talk of the meanings aroused by prefixes as conventional; because in that case there is no reason why there should be no 'Yan' affixed to them, according to the rule of Panini 'Ekaco haladeh' etc. Mahima Bhatta replies to it as follows :- He admits the Vyanjakatva of the prefixes 'Pra' etc., but says that the prefixes are Dyotaka, not in the primary sense of the word, but in the secondary. The purpose of the use of the word in the secondary sense is to convey the idea that the prefixes clarify the conventional meaning. And the cause of clarity of the conventional meaning in the consciousness of the hearer, is the simultaneous apprehension of both the substantive and the adjunct, because of their coming into consciousness with extreme quickness in succession and, therefore, of the succession remaining unnoticed2.

(VIII) CRITICISM OF THE USE OF THE WORD 'DHVANI' FOR POETIC COMPOSITION. Ananda Vardhana asserted that a poetic composition, in which both the words and their meanings mainly suggest the suggestible, is called Dhvani; because the relation bet- ween the suggestive words and meanings and the suggested Rasa is similar to that which exists between the conscious. ness of the sound of the last letter of a word, as affected by the residual traces of those of the previous ones, and that of the Sabda-sphota. For, the relation between them is not that of succession but that of simultaneousness. Ananda Vardhana, while making this assertion, had the Kārika of

1. V. V. 129. 2. V. V. 131.