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Shabda (Samskrit: शब्दः) a word similar to many others like Dharma and Jnana used in Sanatana Dharma, is of significance in the development of the language system and expression of thought. It is through Speech that one goes about his Lokayatra (journey through world). Acharya Dandi, one of the earliest Alamkarikas, further describes<blockquote>वाचामेव प्रसादेन लोकयात्रा प्रवर्तते ॥ १.३ ॥ vācāmeva prasādena lokayātrā pravartate ॥ 1.3 ॥</blockquote><blockquote>इदमन्धन्तमः कृत्स्नं जायेत भुवनत्रयम् यदि शब्दाहवयं ज्योतिरासंसारन्न दीप्यते ॥ १.४ ॥ idamandhantamaḥ kr̥tsnaṁ jāyeta bhuvanatrayam yadi śabdāhavayaṁ jyotirāsaṁsāranna dīpyate ॥ 1.4 ॥ (Kavyadarsha. 1.3-4)<ref>Kavyadarsha by Dandi ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4% Pariccheda 1])</ref></blockquote>All the three worlds would have been enveloped in blinding darkness, had there been no language, the brilliant light that shines eternally.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/38924945/Sanskrit_and_Speech_Language_Pathology Sanskrit and Speech Language Pathology] by Dr. Sampadananda Mishra</ref>

Shabda (Samskrit: शब्दः) a word similar to many others like Dharma and Jnana used in Sanatana Dharma, is of significance in the development of the language system and expression of thought. It is through Speech that one goes about his Lokayatra (journey through world). Acharya Dandi, one of the earliest Alamkarikas, further describes<blockquote>वाचामेव प्रसादेन लोकयात्रा प्रवर्तते ॥ १.३ ॥ vācāmeva prasādena lokayātrā pravartate ॥ 1.3 ॥</blockquote><blockquote>इदमन्धन्तमः कृत्स्नं जायेत भुवनत्रयम् यदि शब्दाहवयं ज्योतिरासंसारन्न दीप्यते ॥ १.४ ॥ idamandhantamaḥ kr̥tsnaṁ jāyeta bhuvanatrayam yadi śabdāhavayaṁ jyotirāsaṁsāranna dīpyate ॥ 1.4 ॥ (Kavyadarsha. 1.3-4)<ref>Kavyadarsha by Dandi ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4% Pariccheda 1])</ref></blockquote>All the three worlds would have been enveloped in blinding darkness, had there been no language, the brilliant light that shines eternally.<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/38924945/Sanskrit_and_Speech_Language_Pathology Sanskrit and Speech Language Pathology] by Dr. Sampadananda Mishra</ref>

 

Shabda is defined and explained as that which is "heard by the ear" or a "sound (ध्वनिः)" or "a cry, roar (रवः)" by Vaiyakaranas, apart from being used as a technical term (संज्ञा) of a valid tool of knowledge (cognition) or [[Pramana (प्रमाणम्)]] by the Darshanikas.

Shabda is defined and explained as that which is "heard by the ear" or a "sound (ध्वनिः)" or "a cry, roar (रवः)" by Vaiyakaranas, apart from being used as a technical term (संज्ञा) of a valid tool of knowledge (cognition) or [[Pramana (प्रमाणम्)]] by the Darshanikas.