I was just thinking about the word Padartha in Samskrtam. It is a combination of two words, Pada meaning 'word' and Artha meaning 'meaning'. So the word itself means 'word meaning' or 'meaning of word'. Interestingly this word is used to denote 'objects'. So you could say that padartha means 'object'.
For example 'Agni' is Fire. 'Ap' is Water.
To Samskrtam, Agni and Ap are not the names of those objects or things, viz. Fire and Water. Then?
These objects or things are the meaning of the words Agni and Ap.
So a meaning manifests after the word exists. Interesting?
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