Introduction 1 Basic Concepts 3 (a) ākhyāta 3 (b) Effort (yatna, prayatna) 4 (c) Verbal root (dhātu) 5 (d) The signifying function (vrtti) 7 (e) Verbal understanding (śābdabodha, śābdajñāna) 8 (f) Differentiating factors: qualifier (viśeșana), indicator (upa- lakṣaṇa), and epistemic qualifier (prakāra) 9 (g) Meaning (artha) 12 (h) Word or minimum meaningful unit (pada) 13 A Translation with Annotation of the Ākhyātavāda of Raghunātha with the edited Sanskrit text 14 ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 32
