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166 AŅUOGADDĀRĀIM
[SUTTAS 447 This is (the inferenee) by a part of body.
447. Then what is (the inference) by support ? (The inference) by support is (illustrated as follows):
Fire (is inferred) by smoke; water (is inferred) by cranes; rain (is inferred) by formation of clouds; and son of a good family (is inferred) by his good conduct.
(On this, runs a verse in Sanskrit):
The interior mind is inferred by the visible gestures, postures, actions, speech and changes in eyes and facial appearances //117||
This is (the inference) by support. This is the inference) by the remainder (between two related facts).
448. Then what is (inference by) a known common characteristic ?? (The inference by a known common characteristic is stated to be twofold, viz.
(1) known in general;
(2) known in particular. 449. Then what is (the inference by a known common characteristic which was) known in general ? (The inference by a known common characteristic which was) known in general is (illustrated as follows):
As is one man, so are many men; as are many men, so is one man. As is one silver coin, so are many silver coins; as are many silver coins, so is one silver coin.
This is the inference by) a known common characteristic which was) known in general.
450. Then what is (the inference by a known common characteristic which was known in particular ? (The inference by a known common characteristic which was) known in particular is (illustrated as follows) :
A man, for instance, recongnizes a particular man seen previously in the midst of many men, as 'He is that man'; (he) recognizes a particular silver coin seen previously in the midst of many silver coins as This is that silver coin'. Of this (inference), there are three kinds of comprehension, viz.
(a) comprehension of (the object of) the past time; (b) comprehension of (the object of the present time;
1. Vide supra, sutta No. 440. 2. Vide supra, sulta No. 440. 3. The passage is repeated in sutta No. 301.
