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only the first three or the first four of these limbs. This fallacy also arises if we mention these in a wrong order i. e. if Nigamana be mentioned before Upanaya for this debars a clear understanding of the real thing. रागद्वेषमोहाक्रान्तपुरुषवचनाज्जातमागमाभासम् ॥५१॥
51. Rāgadveşamohākrāntapuruṣavachanājjātamägamābhāsam. यथा नद्यास्तीरे मोदकराशयः सन्ति धावध्वं माणवकाः ॥२॥
52. Yathā nadyāstire modakarāśayaḥ santi dhāvadhyam māņavakāḥ. अंगुल्यग्रे हस्तियूथशतमास्त इति च ॥ ५३॥
53. Angulyagre hastiyūthasatamāsta iti cha. faziaigta 11 G8 11
54. Visamvādāt.
51. Fallacy of Agama arises from words of a person seized by attachment, hatred, mistake etc.
52. As for example, Run boys. There are a large quantity of sweetmeats on the river-bank.
53. Or, one hundred elephants are standing on the tip of the finger.
54. Because ( these ) want ( the element of Pramāņa ) viz. true knowledge.
Commentary Āgama has been defined in Aphorism 99, Samuddesa III as the knowledge of objects got from words of reliable person etc. ( viz. scripture ). Now, the words of persons who are not reliable and who may be actuated to deceive people are examples of Āgamābhāsa. If one utters a falsehood urging that there are sweetmeats on the banks of a river and urges boys to run to the river side, this will be an example of fallacy of Agama. Further, if one
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