abhihitaabhi-hita, as, ā, am (fr. abhi-dhā, q. v.), held forth, said, declared, spoken; determined; spoken to, addressed, accosted; whispered, prompted to say; placed upon; (as), m., N. of a chief; (am), n. a name, expression, word. —Abhihita-tva, am, n. the state of being said or spoken; a holding forth, declaration; authority, test.
abhihitap. p.1 (a) Said, declared, spoken, mentioned; mayābhihitaṃ, tenābhihitaṃ &c. (b) Predicated, asserted; anabhihite karmaṇi dvitīyā P. II. 3. 1-2. (c) Spoken to, addressed, called, named. (d) Whispered, prompted to say; determined. 2 Fastened, placed upon. —taṃ A name, expression, word; °tvaṃ being said or spoken to, a declaration; authority, test. Comp.—anvayavādaḥ, vādinm. a particular doctrine (or the follower of that doctrine) on the import of words, as opposed (pb) to anvitābhidhānavāda, vādin. The anvitābhidhānavādins (the Mīmāṃsakas, the followers of Prabhākara) hold that words only express a meaning (abhidhāna) as parts of a sentence and grammatically connected with one another (anvita); that they, in fact, only imply an action or something connected with an action; e. g.ghaṭaṃ in ghaṭaṃ ānaya means not merely ‘jar’, but ‘jar’ as connected with the action of ‘bringing’ expressed by the verb. The abhihitānvayavādins (the Naiyāyikas, or the followers of Kumārila who hold the same doctrine) on the other hand hold that words by themselves can express their own independent meanings which are afterwards combined into a sentence expressing one connected idea; that, in other words, it is the logical connection between the words of a sentence, and not the sense of the words themselves, that suggests the import or purport of that sentence; they thus believe in a tātparyārtha as distinguished from vāchyārtha; see K. P. 2 and Maheśvara's commentary ad loc.
abhihitap. p.1 (a) Said, declared, spoken, mentioned; mayābhihitam, tenābhihitam &c. (b) Predicated, asserted; anabhihite karmaṇi dvitīyā P.II.3.1-2. (c) Spoken to, addressed, called, named. (d) Whispered, promoted to say; determined. -2 Fastened, placed upon. -tam A name, expression, word; haranti smarataścittaṃ govindābhihitāni ca Bhāg.1.15.27. ˚tvam being said or spoken to, a declaration; authority, test. -Comp. -anvayavādaḥ, -vādinm. a particular doctrine (or the follower of that doctrine) on the import of words, as opposed to anvitābhidhānavāda, -vādin. The anvitābhidhānavādins (the Mīmāṁsakas, the followers of Prabhākara) hold that words only express a meaning (abhidhāna) as parts of a sentence and grammatically connected with one another (anvita); that they, in fact, only imply an action or something connected with an action; e. g.ghaṭam in ghaṭam ānaya means not merely 'jar', but 'jar' as connected with the action of 'bringing' expressed by the verb. The abhihitānvayavādins (the Bhāṭṭas or the followers of Kumārilabhaṭṭa who hold the doctrine) on the other hand hold that words by themselves can express their own independent meanings which are afterwards combined into a sentence expressing one connected idea; that, in other words, it is the logical connection between the words of a sentence, and not the sense of the words themselves, that suggests the import or purport of that sentence; they thus believe in a tātparyārtha as distinguished from vāchyārtha; see K. P.2 and Maheśvara's commentary ad hoc. ˚tiḥf. Naming, speaking &c.