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VALA-KARNIKA.
53 Karyam svakîyam kurvaṇamevamblûtanayo Chruvam.-17.. . . .. .....'
[एकपर्यायामिधेय expressed by one controvertible term; अपि only, however ; ag an object ; tra recognises ; mai function ; Faretira one's own, natural; said in the state of. doing ; tomater the such-like standpoint; na verily, surely.]
Evambhúta raya (the such-like standpoint) verily recognises an object denoted by a word only when the object is in the actual state of performing its own natural function (as suggested by the derivative meaning of that word). 17. .''
Argument as to the Characteristics of the such-like
(Evambhita) standpoint. ' यदि कार्यमकुर्वाणाऽपीष्यते तत्तया स चेत् । . .
तदा पटेऽपि न घटव्यपदेशः किमिष्यते ॥१८॥ Yadi kâryamakurvâno pișyate tattaya sa chet, · Tadâ patepi na ghatavyapadesaḥ ksmișyate.-18. [यदि if ; कार्य function ; अकुर्वाण: not doing ; अपि even'; इष्यते. is recognised ; aerar really; a It (object); ta if ;. per then ;
e in a cloth ; efa also ; , not ; veyaz: an appellation of -a jar; for why; sva is accepted.]
[For) if a thing be really recognized, even when it does not fulfil its function, then why can cloth be not called a jar? 18. . · Explanation.--If a thing is 'not in the state of of performing its function, as 'expressed by the -term at the moment of recognition, and still it ::
