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Eleventh language-word, the determiner of language, and the four types of language 830. "O Blessed One! Do I think that language is a determiner?" "Do I think that language is a determiner?" "Do I think that language is a determiner?" "Do I think that language is a determiner?" "Do I think that language is a determiner?" "Do I think that language is a determiner?" "Yes, Gautama! You think that language is a determiner, you think that language is a determiner, you think that language is a determiner, you think that language is a determiner, you think that language is a determiner, you think that language is a determiner." [830 Pr.] "O Blessed One! I believe that language is a determiner (that which determines and makes known the object); I think (by reasoning) that language is a determiner; (O Blessed One!) Do I believe that language is a determiner? Do I think (by reasoning) that language is a determiner?; (O Blessed One! As I believed before) in the same way (even now) do I believe that language is a determiner? And in the same way do I think (by reasoning) that language is a determiner?" [830 U.] "Yes, Gautama! (Your thinking is true.) You believe that language is a determiner, you think (by reasoning) that language is a determiner, (I know this by my omniscience.), even after this you believe that language is a determiner, now you think (without doubt) that language is a determiner; (I also know this by my omniscience, your knowing and thinking is true and faultless / ) (Therefore) you believe in the same way (as before) that language is a determiner and you think in the same way (as before) that language is a determiner." 831. "O Blessed One! Is language true, false, both true and false, or neither true nor false?" "Yes, Gautama! It is true, it is false, it is both true and false, it is neither true nor false." "O Blessed One! How is it said that language is true, false, both true and false, or neither true nor false?" "Yes, Gautama! It is true by affirmation, 1 it is false by negation, 2 it is both true and false by affirmation and negation, 3 it is neither true nor false by neither affirmation nor negation, or by both affirmation and negation, this is the fourth type of language. 4" "O Blessed One! How is it said that language is true, false, both true and false, or neither true nor false?"