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100 to & thing that it becomes inexpressible '. Secondly, -as in the case of the other propositions of the Sapta Bhanga,- the 'inexpressibility.' attributed to the object is further limited by the time, the place, the mood and the nature of the object, as indicated by the indeclinable " Syat”, attached to the proposition. It is also to be observed that the word, Eva, signifies that with all its inexpressibility, there is no uncertainty about the object, so far as the fourth predication about it is concerned. And finally, it is not to be forgotten that "inexpressibility” is not a matter of subjective estimate but that it implies a corres. ponding element in the objective reality itself.
What then is meant by saying that the pitcher is inexpressible? We have seen how "existenco" can be attributed to the pitcher and seen also how in some respects it is " non-existent" also. Both existence under certain conditions and non-existence under certain conditions are thus attributable to the pitcher. In the third Bhanga, an analytico-synthetic view was taken of the pitcher, while considering the pitcher as a whole, it was thus found to contain an element of existence and also an element of non-existence. The synthetic view taken of the pitcher in the third mode of predication consisted in the consi
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