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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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TEXT (955). ** WHEN INDIVIDUALITIES COULD NOT BE WHAT IS EXCLUDED BY A poha
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DENOTED BY WORDS, THEN THE COMMONALTY (UNIVERSAL) ALONE IS WHAT COULD BE EXCLUDED '; AND BECAUSE OF ITS EXCLUSION, IT MUST BE AN ENTITY."-[Shlo-Vă.
A poha 95]—(955)
COMMENTARY Individualities'.-That is, the Uncommon (Specific) Entities-cannot be expressed by words; herice they cannot be regarded as excluded '; because what is not spoken of cannot be denied (or excluded).
The Commonally alone is what could be excluded.--that is, because that alone is what is expressed by words.-(955)
It might be asked if the Commonalty (or Universal) were excluded, even so, how could that establish it as an entity ?!!
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (956).
MORB NEGATIONS CANNOT BE OBJECTS OF 'EXCLUSION -FOR, IF THEY WERE, THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR NEGATIVE CHARACTER. CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS CLEAR THAT WHEN THERE IS AN
EXCLUSION' (Apoha) OF ANOTHER 'EXOLUSION (A poha), IT CAN BE ONLY OF A POSITIVE ENTITY IN THE SHAPE OF THE COMMONALTY (OR UNIVERSAL)."-[Shlo..
Vå. Apoha 96]—(956)
COMMENTARY.
Negations '-i.e. Apohas, Exclusions.
If there were exclusions of these Exclusions, they would be positive entities.
The reason for this is set forth- For if they were, etc, etc.—That is, the negative character would be abandoned by those exclusions. What is meant is as follows :-If Exclusions were excluded, then their negative character would be denied ; and when there is this denial, the Negations would abandon their negative character; and thence the Negations in the shape of the Eaclusions having abandoned their negative character, they would become positive entities.-This is the explanation given by some people.
Othere explain tho words of the text abhāvābhāvavarjanat' to mean * because there can be no negation of negations ; i.e. it is not right that
Exclusions' (A pohas) which are negative should be excluded'; because all'exclusion (denial) is of the positive entity.
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