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## 44
## Devagam-Aaptamimamsa
## Sad-Asadvad
(1) It may be that the truth is of the nature of being (sad). (2) It may be that the truth is of the nature of non-being (asad). (3) It may be that the truth is of the nature of both being and non-being. (4) It may be that the truth is of the nature of neither being nor non-being (avaktāvya). (5) It may be that the truth is of the nature of being and neither being nor non-being. (6) It may be that the truth is of the nature of non-being and neither being nor non-being. (7) It may be that the truth is of the nature of being, non-being, and neither being nor non-being.
In this Saptabhangi, the first bhang is with respect to the substance, space, time, and mode of the object itself (svadravyakshetrakalabhava), the second is with respect to the substance, space, time, and mode of another object (paradravyakshetrakalabhava), the third is with respect to both of these, the fourth is because both being and non-being cannot be said together, the fifth is a combination of the first and fourth, the sixth is a combination of the second and fourth, and the seventh is a combination of the third and fourth. Each bhang has a separate purpose, as is evident from the following statement of Samantabhadra:
"One may desire all things as being, due to the fourfold nature of being. Non-being is not established due to contradiction. The second bhang is due to the two extremes, and the third is due to the inability to speak together. The remaining three bhangs are due to their own reasons. In dharma, the meaning is different for each dharma, and for the infinite dharmins. The remaining bhangs are dependent on the first bhang, as the limbs are dependent on the body."
Aaptamimamsa, 15, 16, 21.
1. "Sometimes it is desired as being, sometimes as non-being. Thus, both and neither can be said, not absolutely, due to the logic of nayas."
Aaptamimamsa, 14.
2. "The remaining three bhangs are due to their own reasons."
Aaptamimamsa, 16.