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CHAPTER FIVE
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not only when the difference in question is one unit but also when it is three, four,....sankhyāta, asankhyāta, ananta units.
(3) According to the Bhāsya and the Vrtti the rule of combination laid down in the aphorism 35 according to which combination is possible when the difference concerned is two, three or more units applies only to the cases of similar components. But according to the Digambara commentaries it applies not only to the cases of similar components but also to those of dissimilar ones.
The following charts give out the net regulations as to the possibility or otherwise of combination which emerge out because of the difference of meaning attributed by the two traditions to the present set of aphorisms :
Dissimilar
No No
No Yes No
Yes
The Chart Following the Bhāsya and the Vrtti : Degree
Similar 1. Minimum + minimum 2. Minimum + one unit more 3. Minimum + two units more
Yes 4. Minimum + three or a larger number of units more
Yes 5. Non-minimum + non-minimum of equal
degree 6. Non-minimum + non-minimum with one
unit more 7. Non-minimum + non-minimum with two units more
Yes 8. Non-minimum + non-minimum with three or a larger number of units more
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
The Chart Following Sarvārthasiddhi etc. :
Degree
Similar
Dissimilar
No
1. Minimum + minimum 2. Minimum + one unit more
No No
No
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