Cc. Ādi 3.68

Text

‘aṅga’-śabde aṁśa kahe śāstra-paramāṇa
aṅgera avayava ‘upāṅga’-vyākhyāna

Synonyms

anga-Sabde—by the word aṅga, or limb; amsa—part; kahe—says; sastra—of the scriptures; paramāṇa—the evidence; aṅgera—of the limb; avayava—the constituent part; upāṅga-vyākhyāna—the exposition of the word upāṅga. 

Translation

According to the evidence of the revealed scriptures, a bodily limb [aṅga] is also called a part [aṁśa], and a part of a limb is called a partial part [upāṅga]. 

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