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activity is seen in bullock-carts etc. The natural activity is seen in clouds etc. 20. Q. If activity is defined as motion, the stationing or resting may also be included in the activity as it is nothing else but activity of stoppage of motion. A. This is not correct. The stationing is included in modification, as it is covered by this term. 21. Q. If stationing is included in modification, the activity may also be included in it. Thus, there should be only one termmodification instead of two terms - modification and activity- in aphorism 5.22. A. The two terms have been kept in the aphorism to indicate that there are two types of modes- translational and nontranslational (vibration etc.). The translational mode is called motion (kriya) while the non-translational mode is called modification. (Pravacanasāra verse 129 also mentions this fact). 22. Q. The priority and non-priority or posteriority apply to place, praiseworthy-ness or quality and time. The spatial priority and posteriority depend on the small and large number of spacepoints. The posterior means large number of spacepoints while prior means small number of spacepoints. With respect to praise-worthiness, the religion is prior or utmost because of its qualities of non-violence, truth etc. The non-religion is just the opposite of it. The temporal posteriority and priority is represented by a 100-year old and 16-year old respectively. Thus, the priority and posteriority have different meanings. They can, therefore, not be properly determined. A. This is not correct. Here, these terms apply to time only as this section deals with it. The bachelor ascetic residing at distant place is posterior to the elder candāla residing at a near-place which is called prior. 23. The reality of existence of time is inferred from the above causal functions such as continued existence etc. It is said that
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