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For example, a teacher makes some gestures by the hand and turns over the pages. These activities do not refer to the cognition. In this sense, the word 'no' in the bhāva niksepa refers to the partial negation. The function of the bhāva niksepa is primarily concerned with the expression of the present state and the mode of the object. In this expression of niksepa, there is the absence of the distinction of activity of the body as a medium of cognition. This is the difference between the two types of nikşepa.
Every thing is expressed through nik sepa. It is the linguistic expression, there are infinite number of expressions, but every thing has to be expressed in the form of four expressions of niksepa. Only one niksepa will not give a full picture of the state of the object. Every object has its name. It is nāma nikşepa. It has its state. It is sthāpanā niksepa. It is referred to with reference to its material, it is dravya nik sepa and there is the expression of its nature and its attributes. It is bhāva niksepa,
We give below the classification of niksepa as discussed in the earlier pages.
NIKŞEPA
Nāma
Sthāpanā
Dravya
Bhāva
Tadākāra
Atadākāra Āgama
Noāgama
Jña-Sarira
Bhavya-sarira
Tadvyatirikta
Laukika
Kuprāvacanika
Lokottara
Āgma
Noagama
Laukika Kuprāvacanika Lokottara The concept of Nikşopa is primarily linguistic in nature. It is aimed at giving the exact meaning of a term.
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