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’anga’-sabde amsa kahe sastra-paramana

angera avayava ’upanga’-vyakhyana

SYNONYMS

anga-sabde—by the word anga, or limb; amsa—part; kahe—says; sastra—of the scriptures; paramana—the evidence; angera—of the limb; avayava—the constituent part; upanga-vyakhyana—the exposition of the word upanga.

According to the evidence of the revealed scriptures, a bodily limb (anga) is also called a part (amsa), and a part of a limb is called a partial part (upanga).