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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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"forest' is uttered, the notion that appears is not a determinate or well-defined, one, either of the Dhava or the Khadira or the Palasha or any particular tree (distributively), or of the Dhava and the Khadira and the Palasha and other trees (collectively); it is only a vague indefinite conception of the Dhava and other trees in general ;-similarly when the word "brahmana' is uttered, the notion that appears is not a well-defined one either of Austerity or Caste or Learning, (distributively), or Austerity and Caste and Learning (collectively): what are cognised are Austerity and the rest conceived of as one aggregated whole as differentiated from other correlatives.-The term
vikalpa' in the Text) stands for the distinct conception of any one individual from among a group consisting of an indefinite number of individuals; and
Samuchhaya stands for the distinct conception of a definite number of individuals related together ;-and the notion brought about by words is free from both these conceptions.
(6) Others however have held that what is denoted by the word is the relation of a thing-substance, f.i-to an undefined Universal
Substance , fi. ;-and this is said to be unreal' because the individual correlatives are not really denoted by the word.-Or, it may be that, like the dark complexion and other properties, Austerity, Caste, etc. also appear in the notion as a single unity.—and hence it is the relationship of these that is called 'unreal'. Because these are not really apprehended together in their own forms; what is apprehended is only the aggregate of these perceived like the whirling fire-brand, without reference to the individuals making up the Aggregate.-(888)
TEXT (889).
(c) OR THE REAL WITH UNREAL ADJUNOTS IS THE IMPORT OF WORDS',- (d) OR 'IMPORT OF WORDS MAY CONSIST IN THE WORD ITSELF IN THE STATE OF * abhijalpa
(COALESCENCE).-(889)
COMMENTARY.
Others have declared that the Real with Unreal adjuncts is what is denoted by words. For instance, the adjuncts, in the shape of such details as bracelets, rings and such things, are unreal' so far as the denotation of the word is concerned ; and yet these adjuncts belong to something that is
real in the shape of the Gold which has a generic form and permeates through a number of particular things. This 'Real with Unreal adjuncts forms the Import of Words, i.e. is what forms the denotation of the word.
Others again declare that it is the word itself in the state of Coalescence' that constitutes the Import of Words.-(889)
The following Text explains what is meant by this Coalescence:
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