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STANDARD OF ATTRIBUTES (GUNAPPAMAŅA)
(3) by attribute;
(4) by a part of body; (5) by support.
443. Then what is (inference) by effect? A conch (is inferred) by its sound; a drum (is inferred) by its beating sound; a bull (is inferred) by its roaring; a peacock (is inferred) by its cry; a horse (is inferred) by its neighing; an elephant (is inferred) by its trumpeting; and a chariot (is inferred) by its rattling.
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This is (the inference) by effect.
444. Then what is (the inference) by cause? (The inference) by cause is (illustrated as follows):
not the cause of not the cause of
The threads are the cause of cloth, a cloth is threads; the grassy fibre is the cause of mat, a mat is grassy fibre; a lump of clay is the cause of a pitcher, a pitcher is not the cause of a lump of clay.
This is (the inference) by cause.
445. Then what is (the inference) by attribute? (The inference) by attribute is (illustrated as follows):
Gold is (inferred) by the streak on touchstone; flower is (inferred) by its smell; salt is (inferred) by its taste; liquor is (inferred) by its relish; and cloth is (inferred) by its touch.
This is (the inference) by attribute.
446. Then what is (the inference) by a part of body? (The inference) by a part of body is (illustrated as follows):
A buffalo (is inferred) by (its) horn; a cock (is inferred) by (its) crest (of hair on its head); an elephant (is inferred) by (its) big tooth (tusk); a peacock (is inferred) by (its) feather; a horse (is inferred) by (its) hoof; a tiger (is inferred) by (its) nail;1 a chamari (yak) (is inferred) by (its) hair-tip; a monkey (is inferred) by (its) tail; a lion (is inferred) by (its) mane; a woman (is inferred) by (her) bangle; a biped is a human being, etc.;a quadruped is an ox, etc.; a multiped is a myriapod etc.; a bull is (inferred) by its hump.
(On this, runs a verse):
One should identify a soldier by means of his waist-band, a lady by her garment, (one should ascertain the contents of) the pot as (perfectly) boiled from a single boiled grain and (one should identify) a poet by a single stanza //116//2
1. For what follows vide footnote 7 on p. 175 of the MJV edition. 2. The verse is repeated in sutta 271 (verse 84).
