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iii) the speaker jīva is competent to express it. Five types of exposition of a subject matter have been identifiedi) khandābheda, piece by piece, specifying and elucidating all the details; ii) pratarabheda, layer after layer, i.e. generic, not specific, exposition of subject
matter; iii) cūrņikābheda, pounding or mixing up and confusing the subject-matter; iv) anutaţikābheda, exposition along the periphery, i. e. marginal and superficial; v) utkarikābheda, scattered or incoherent exposition of the subject matter.
Conclusion: i) Speech (bhāṣā) originates in the soul. ii) It is expressed through the body. iii) At the spiritual level its transmission is instantaneous. iv) It terminates at the end of the cosmos because in the trans-cosmic space there is
no motion. v) Its physical expression varies with the number of the senses of the jīvas. vi) It remains mute in the mono-sensed jīva, Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Plant. vii) It is expressed in two-, three-, four-, and five-sensed Jīvas. viii) In sub-humans it is inarticulate. ix) Humans, because of their having a rational mind, can raise it to articulate level. x) Articulation varies from person to person according to the individual's capacity
to conceive and deliver the speech-matter (bhāṣā-dravya).
