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TALTVASANURARA: CHAPTER XI.
TEXTS (661-663),
"THEN AGAIN, ON WHAT BASIS IS THE NOTION OF THE MAN WITH EARRINGS' PRODUCED IT COULD NOT PROCEED FROM THE MORE PRESENCE OF THE MAN AND THE Ear-ringFOR IN THAT CASE, THE SAID NOTION WOULD BE THERE ALWAYS.-FURTHER, IT IS ONLY SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PEROEIVED TO BE PRESENT IN ONE PLACE THAT IS DENIED IN ANOTHER PLACE. IF CONJUNCTION HAS NOT BEEN PERCEIVED, THEN HOW DOES IT COME TO BE DENIED IN SUCH EXPRESSIONS AS 'CHAITRA Is without Ear-rings'1 HENCE IT FOLLOWS THAT THERE IS SOMS SUCH REAL THING IN THE SHAPE OF CONJUNCTION, WHOSE AFFIRMATION AND
DENTAL PROCEED WITH DUE DISTINCTION."-(661-663)
COMBIENTARY.
"Then again, when there appears the notion that 'Devadatta is wearing Ear-rings', -on what basis does it appear! This needs to be explained. The said notion cannot be due to the mere presence of the Man and the Ear-ring; as Devndatta and the Ear-ring being lasting entities, the notion should appear constantly (even when Devadatta would not be wearing the Ear-ring).
“Further, it is only when a certain thing has been perceived to be present in a certain place that the notion of the negation of its presence is found to appear in reference to another place ; under the circumstances, if you have never perceived Conjunction to be present, then how conld you have the distinct notions of Chaitra being with Ear-rings and without Ear-rings': What is denied by the expression Chaitra is without Ear. rings' is not the Ear-ring, because it having been assumed to be existent in another place and at another time, it could not be denied entirely. Nor can it be the denial of Chaitra, the man; as he stands on the same footing as the Ear-ring. Hence what is denied must be Chaitra's contact (Conjunction) with the Ear-ring.-Similarly by the affirmative expression Chaitra with the Ear-ring', what is affirmed is neither the Ear-ring, nor Chaitra, as both these are well-established entities -hence, by elimination, all that can be affirmed is the Conjunction between these two, which has not been cognised by any other means.-From all this it follows that, there is such a real thing as Conjunction (and Disjunction), by virtue of which there appear auch distinct affirmative and negative notions as Chaitra with Ear-rings' and Chaitra without Earrings
** The term 'adi' is meant to include the notion of qualification', as pointed out before." (661-663)
With the following Text, the Author proceeds to answer the above argu ments of Uadyotakara:
