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Jinabhadra Gaņi's
(The fourth
vacana, and the vacanîya bhāvas true or false? If it is true, the abhāva of the above-mentioned objects could not be attained on account of its own existence. And if it is false, the statement will cease to be a pramāna to establish s'ünyatā. Thus, it is not possible to establish sunyatā in either of the two ways.
Vyakta :-But the statement which establishes s'ünyatā has anyhow been accepted by us. Our vacana is therefore authentic and s'ünyātā has undoubtedly been established.
Bhagavān :--That is not true, o Vyakta! For, in accepting the above-mentioned statement, the same fault will arise when you ask the question as to whether that vacana is true or false and so on. Moreover, you cannot accept the vacana, unless the person who accepts the vacana to be accepted and the acceptance itself are existent.
The theory of sarvas'ünyatā seems unfounded from this point of view also.
Moreover, सिकयासु किं न तेल्लं सामग्गीउ तिलेसु वि किमत्थि ? । fa a a HR SEHE AHÍ: age roi ? 118CC11P13€) Sikayāsu kim na taillam sāmaggîu tilesu vi kimatthî ? 1 kim va na savvan sijjhai sāmaggîu khapupphāņam ? 1118811(1736)
[सिकतासु किं न तैलं सामग्रीतस्तिलेष्वपि किमस्ति ? ।
किंवा न सर्व सिध्यति सामग्रीतः खपुष्पानाम् ? ॥१८८॥ (१७३६)॥ Sikatāsu kimona tailam samagrîtastileşvapi kimasti ? I Kim va na sarvam siddhyati samagrîtaḥ khapuspānam ||188H (1736)]
Trans.-188 Why is the oil not ( manufactured from the materials like sands and why from sesamum seeds only ? Or, why not everything be attained from the materials of khapuspas ( only) ? ( 1736 ).
