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==Types of Shabda==

==Types of Shabda==

The shabda is a collection of syllables (varna). It is of four types: drishtartha (observable, visible facts), adrishtartha (unobservable), satya (factual or truth) and asatya (false, nonfactual).[Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 8/38] These can be understood as:

The shabda is a collection of syllables (varna). It is of four types: Observable, visible facts (drishtartha), unobservable (adrishtartha), factual or truth (satya) and false, nonfactual (asatya).[Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 8/38] These can be understood as:

a) Drishtartha shabda: Observable phenomena like [[dosha]] vitiation due to three [[dosha]] and alleviation of [[dosha]] with the shadvidha upakrama.

a) Drishtartha shabda: Observable phenomena like [[dosha]] vitiation due to three [[dosha]] and alleviation of [[dosha]] with the six major therapies (shadvidha upakrama).

   

   

b) Adrishtartha shabda: These are phenomena that cannot be observed or perceived like emancipation (moksha, pretyabhava).

b) Adrishtartha shabda: These are phenomena that cannot be observed or perceived like emancipation (moksha, pretyabhava).