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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WOBDS.
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TEXTS (930-931).
"IN THE SAME MANNER, ITS DIVERSITY CANNOT BE DUE TO THE DIVERSITY OF ITS SUBSTRATUM-DIVERSITY IN THE RELATIVE OF A THING DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE ASSUMPTION OF DIVERSITY IN THE
THING ALSO. HOW MUCH LESS THERE IS EXCLUSION POSSIBLE FOR THAT WHICH IS A NON-ENTITY, UN RELATED, UNDIFFERENTIATED, UNSPECIFIED,
VAGUE AND UNDETERMINED "
[Ibid. 48-49]—(930-931)
COMMENTARY. Its-of Apoha. Why is it not possible ?
Answer Diversity in the relative, etc. etc.':-the idea that the nonentity cannot be diversified by the diversity of its relative-because it has no character at all,-may rest for a while; as regards entities also, no diversity is ever found to be due to the diversity in relatives ; for instance, when Deuadatta, who is a single entity, occupies, either simultaneously or successively, different seats, he continues to be perceived as the same without having become diverse. How much more so is this then in the case of the
exclusion of others', which is a pure non-entity? Because it is a non. entity, therefore it is unrelated'-not connected with anything, undifferentiated. 'not distinguishod irom anything heterogeneous, simply because it is a non-entity; for the same reason, it is also unspecified '; -how can such a non-entity acquire diversity merely through diversity in its relatives - (930-931)
"Further, it may be granted that diversity is due to diversity in relatives ; even so, as you do not admit of the Universal' as an entity, it is not possible for your Apoha to have the relative, in the shape of its substratum ; the diversity of which conld account for the diversity in the Apoha".-This is what is shown in the following
TEXT (932).
"AS A MATTER OF FACT, NO ONE CAN CONCEIVE OF THE COW AND OTHER THINGS-ANY SIMILARITY OF FORM AMONG WEOM IS NOT ADMITTED, -TO BE THE SUBSTRATUM
OF A poha."-(932)
COMMENTARY If a real similarity among Cows were admitted, then they could be accepted as the substratum of the Apona, of Horse and other things, on the basis of that common similarity-not otherwise ; hence one who desires
