Sphoṭa
Sphoṭa is a fancy word in the ancient Indian language, Sanskrit. It means something like "the sound of meaning."
Imagine you are playing a game of telephone with your friends. If you whisper a message to the first person, and they whisper it to the next person, and so on, the message can get garbled or changed along the way. This happens because the sound of the words can get distorted or misunderstood.
But with sphoṭa, it's like the meaning of the words and the sound of the words are connected and can't be separated. So when you say a word, the listener immediately understands the meaning behind it - there's no delay or confusion.
It's like magic - the words and their meanings are perfectly matched up, so everyone can understand each other with ease!
Imagine you are playing a game of telephone with your friends. If you whisper a message to the first person, and they whisper it to the next person, and so on, the message can get garbled or changed along the way. This happens because the sound of the words can get distorted or misunderstood.
But with sphoṭa, it's like the meaning of the words and the sound of the words are connected and can't be separated. So when you say a word, the listener immediately understands the meaning behind it - there's no delay or confusion.
It's like magic - the words and their meanings are perfectly matched up, so everyone can understand each other with ease!