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and ornaments &c., gold. This position, too, is untenable on this ground.
Those who say that things are indescribable, are guilty of self-contradiction because their contention that things are indescribable, is opposed to their saying so. Suppose a man says that he always observes the vow of silence. The question is, if he always observes silence, how can he say that he does it. His speaking thus would be breaking his vow. Therefore, the third proposition alone is not sufficient.
Similarly other propositions if taken singly," are not sufficient.
REFUTATIONS OF OBJECTIONS RAISED BY CRITICS AGAINST THE PLURALISTIC POSITION:
1. Some say that the Pluralistic doctrine involves the fallacy of Chhal (fraud). This is not the case because, whereas in the fallacy of Chhal, one word has two meanings, no word in this argument is of such a nature. In the example that Dev-Dutta has a Nava blanket, the word Nava means new as well as nine. So it may mean that Dev-dutta has a new blanket or that Devdutta has nine blankets. To declare the existence of an object from one point of view and to declare its
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