Four Rules of Textual Interpretation

Four Rules of Textual Interpretation

1. the doctrine (dharma) over the person (puru.sa) presenting it; 

2. the spirit (artha) of the text over the words (vya~njana) in which it is presented; 

3. the precise meanings (nitaartha) over our interpretations (neyaartha) thereof; 

4.direct or immediate knowledge (j~naana) over mediated, discursive consciousness (vij~naana).