'svarūpa'-lakṣaṇa, āra 'taṭastha-lakṣaṇa'
ei dui lakṣaṇe 'vastu' jāne muni-gaṇa

 svarĹŤpa-lakᚣaṇa - the personal characteristics; Ära - and; taáš­astha-lakᚣaṇa - the marginal characteristics; ei dui lakᚣaṇe - by these two symptoms; vastu - an object; jāne - know; muni-gaṇa - the great sages.


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“By two symptoms — personal characteristics and marginal characteristics — the great sages can understand an object.

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