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interfering attitudes (Bhava ) of the Indian Union in the matters of the religions of its peoples and for that, its nature was indicated as inexpressible in some respeot. If we add to this judgment of inexpressibility, the negative judgment about the Indian State that it is non-interfering in the religious matters of its people, we get the sixth Bhanga which reveals a new aspect of the character of the Indian State. The sixth Bhanga will in no wanner be a re-statement of the matters stated in the second and the fourth Bhangas in as much as it indicates & novel character in the Indian State viz., "a liberal-mindedness" which is neither indicated in the judgment that it is non-interfering in matters of religion nor in its character as a secular state by which we described its inexpressible nature nor even in the said two judgments, if simply juxtaposed.
(3). In connection with the third example of the fifth chapter, we saw that the nature of the Indian princes was established as inexpressible. With respect to the time (Kala ) of the British suzerainty, the princes kept their states separated from the Indian Union and with respect to the time ( Kāla ) when India attained her independence they did not keep their states so separated. The consequent inexpressible character of the
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