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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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through imposing the character of the Cause upon the Effect; as when the name is applied oshlistavastu-dvära': i.e. through - by means of an *entity which is 'ashlissa -i.e. excluded from others'; i.e. it proceeds from the apprehension of the said conception :-(4) the fourth ground lies in the fact that it is apprehended by persons confounded by its sameness with the exclusion of unlike things
Its sameness' i.e. the sameness of the reflection of the object in the conceptual thought.
On the said basis -i.e, on the basis of the four facts, in the shape of its appearing as excluded from other appearances and so forth.--(1007-1008)
The following text shows the form of the Apoha in the form of the object :
TEXT (1009),
SO ALSO, IN REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALITY WHICH IS THE BASIS OF THE SAID ' EXCLUSION'; -ON THE GROUND THAT THERE
I$ IN IT THE 'EXCLUSION OF OTHERS.-(1009)
COMMENTARY.
the grotte, unlike: What is
The words of the preceding text-the name Exclusion of others has been given to it on the said basis '; -have to be construed along with this text also.
The basis (for this Apoha) is pointed out on the ground, etc. etc.' ;-that is, on the ground of the presence therein of the differentiationexclusion from other i.e. unlike, heterogeneous,-things; i.e. because the exclusion of unlike things is there. What is meant by this is that to the
Specifio Individuality', the name 'Apoha, Exclusion, of others is applicable in its primary sense.-(1009)
The following Text points out the form of epoha in the form of Negation Absolute
TEXT (1010).
NEGATION ABSOLUTE' WE HAVE IN SUCH INSTANCES AS THE Cow IS NOT non-Cow'; IN THIS THE NEGATION OF THE OTHER' IS
VERY CLEARLY APPREHENDED.-(1010)
COMMENTARY.
Having thus set forth the nature of the three kinds of A poha, the Author proceeds to connect it with the subject matter under discussion, the Denotation of Words
