autpattika
औत्पत्तिक autpattikaInnate or original; in Mimamsa, the doctrine that the bond between a word and its meaning is autpattika, naturally given rather than humanly conventional, used to argue the Veda is eternal.
Where this term appears
- The Seers Who Heard Treatise
…nd following), argues that the connection between word and meaning is autpattika , inborn and natural, not established by any person at some moment in time.
- When, and Whose Treatise
…t afternoon the laws of number were enacted (Mimamsa Sutra 1.1.5, the autpattika sutra, with Shabara's commentary, in Jha 1933-1936).
- What is Mimamsa? Philosophy
Jaimini calls this bond autpattika , inborn or primordial ( Mimamsa Sutra 1.1.5).
- Śabda eternal Treatise
The statement sits early in the first chapter of Jaimini, and it is a sūtra of the school, a line of philosophical argument and not a liturgical formula: autpattikas tu śabdasyārthena sambandhaḥ .