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they will all be ointments, bui as species to heal the wound their properties must be different and specific. 10. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRAIGHT EXPRESSION
(Rijusutra) STAND-POINT : ऋजुसूत्रनयो वस्तु नातीतं नाप्यनागतम् । ।
मन्यते केवलं किन्तु वर्तमानं तथा निनम् ॥ ११ ॥ The straight expression (Riju-sutra) considers nothing past nor even future; but (it) only considers (1) a thing as it exists at present, and (2) recognizes the natural state of the thing i. e. its real natural state only. (It does not recognise the attributed siáte, as Vyava hara Naya does). . . ARGUMENT AS TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRAIGHT
EXPRESSION STANDPOINT. अतीतेनानागतेन परस्कायेन वस्तुना ।
ARISTùaTha Titaqa77 112 il (The Riju sutra point of view is also right, because (It is to no good to think of the past or the future or the unreal attributed (conventional) qualities. (The past, the future and the unreal, attributed qualities are 'nonentities', like flower in the sky) i. e.' a thing living in the present and that in its real natural state is only true. 12
(A question is likely to arise as to the real natural and uvreal attributed state of things. The author touches upon the point in the next verse.) NIKSHEPAS OR MODES OF RECOGNIZING THINGS AND THEIR BEARING WITH THE RIJUSUTRA AND THE SUCCEEDING NAYAS.
नामादि चतुर्वेषु भावमेव च मन्यते ।
न नामस्थापनाद्रव्याण्येवमग्रेतना अपि ॥ १३ ॥ [There are four modes of recognising a thing. They are technically termed 'Nikshepa's' They form the unreal attributed and the real natural state of the thing. The first three are unreal
