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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XI.
Light coming through an aperture' has been mentioned only by way of illustration.
Similarly when odour in a part of the Earth is manifested by Water, the oclour in other parts of it also should become manifested and perceived.
Similarly in the case of Flames and the Mango and other fruits,--the Touching and Tasting of one part should lead to the perception of the Touch and Taste subsisting in the whole of those substances.-(636)
It might be urged (by the Opponent) that "there do come about the manifestation and perception of the entire Blue Colour !
The Answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (637),
THE BLUE COLOUR IS NOT HELD TO EXIST IN WELL-DEFINED PARTS ; HENCE WHAT 19 MANIFESTED THEN BY THAT (LIGHT) MUST, ON
THAT ACCOUNT, VARY WITH EACH ATOM.(637)
COMMENTARY. Then at that time. * By that by the light coming through the aperture.
What'-i.e. the Blue Colour.
In case it is admitted that the Blue Colour in its entirety varies with each atom,—then that would imply the presence of the Atomic Dimension in the Bine Colour - just as in a Substance; which would mean that the Blue Colour has a quality (Dimension); so that it would have the character of Substanca' (which alone can have a quality), and not that of Quality If things varying like this with each atom, were called 'Quality', then the dispute (between us) would be only in regard to names. When the thing is possessed of the Atomic Dimension, it cannot be right to regard it as a 'Quality', simply on the ground of its subsisting (in a Substance); because there can be no 'subsistence between two things, one of which exista and the other does not; if there were, it would lead to absurdities. That is to say, in that way, on the ground that it subsiste in the Component substance, the Composite Substance would also have to be regarded as a 'Quality':-(637)
"As regards the Quality of Number, it has been defined as the basis of the notions of one and so forth Number subsists in one substance and also in several substances; the Number one' subsists in one substance ; and the numbers beginning with Two' subsist in several substances. Of the Number subsisting in one substance, the eternality and the appearances should be understood to be like those of the Colour and other qualities subsisting in the atoms of Water, etc. ; while of Number subsisting in several substances, the appearance is due to the unities associated with the cognition of several things, and its destruction (disappearance) follows from the dis. appearance of the unitary conception; and in some cases, the disappearance is also due to the destruction of the substratum.-Number of both these
