________________
Svayambhūstotra
A phenomenon will be ‘indescribable' only in the sense that it is impossible to simultaneously describe it as both ‘being and ‘not being'. 4. syād-asti-nāsti – it is and it is not - affirmation and denial; as successively being and not being with reference to itself and another. Example: Somehow (in some respect or in certain context) the pitcher certainly is and is not – syādastināsti ca ghațaḥ A phenomenon will be described as both being' and 'not being in the sense that it is possible to describe it first as 'being' and then as 'not being’. 5. syād-asti-avaktavya – it is and it is indescribable - affirmation and indescribable; as 'being' and ‘indescribable', with reference to itself and simultaneously with reference to itself and another. Example: Somehow (in some respect or in certain context) the pitcher certainly is and is indescribable also - syādasti cāvaktavyaśca ghataḥ 6. syād-năsti-avaktavya – it is not and it is indescribable - denial and indescribable; as 'not being' and 'indescribable', with reference to another and simultaneously with reference to itself and another. Example: Somehow (in some respect or in certain context) the pitcher certainly is not and is indescribable also – syānnāsti cāvaktavyaśca ghațaḥ 7. syād-asti-nāsti-avaktavya – it is, it is not and it is indescribable - affirmation and denial and indescribable; as being”, “not being' and 'indescribable', with reference to itself, with reference to another, and simultaneously with
74
