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Contents of Physics -2 : Sound, Electricity and Magnetism
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N. V., Mimāmsaka School 6. Words are non-mattergic
as: (i) they are non-percievable by sight etc. like
pots etc. (ii) Sounds have no perce
ptible form.
The words have unmanifested and fine form, hence, not percievable like smells etc. One does not percieve even forms of dyads etc. though they exist there like hot water or eye-rays. The words have all these properties of common experience.
it does occur but not felt because of fineness.
(iii) The words have no exten
sion, throw, air impelling, motion, collision, subdua-
tion, resistance etc. (iv) The ears of listeners are not
filled with material words
when hearing. (v) The words are heard by
other persons when one is
hearing them. (vi) There is no visible cause
for their destruction. (vii) The sounds are non-
touchables.
They are heard by many persons because of their manyness, fineness and motion. There are many obvious causes for their destruction. The sounds have touch experience when they are pronounced loudly or when gun-firing or lightning etc. takes place. Their obstruction and subduation also prove their touchability. The word 'non-porous' should mean finely porous. The fine sound-particles can pass through (or get absorbed ) in
(viii) The sounds pass through
non-porous bodies.
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