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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XVI.
TEXT (1011).
IT IS THE first OF THESE A pohas THAT IS EXPRESSED BY WORDS ; BECAUSE THE COGNITION BROUGHT ABOUT BY WORDS APPREHENDS THE
EXTERNAL OBJECT.-(1011)
COMMENTARY. First-.e. that which consists in the Reflection of the object, as described above (in Text, 1006).
The reason for this is explained- Because the cognition, etc. etc.that alone should be regarded as the denotation of words' which actually appears in the Verbal Cognition ;--and as a matter of fact, in Verbal Cognition, there is no apprehension of Negation Absolute, nor that of the Specific Individuality', as there is in Sense-cognition; what actually appears in it is that Verbal Cognition only which apprehends the external object. Hence it is only the reflection of the External Object, which appears directly in Verbal Cognition as identical with it, that can be rightly held to be the denotation of the word.-(1011)
As regards the well-known relation of the denotative and denoted which subsists between the word and its denotation,-it is none other than the relation of Cause and Effect; in fact it is of the nature of the relation of C and Effect itself. This is what is shown in the following
TEXT (1012).
WHEN THE COGNITION OF THE REFLECTION IN THAT FORM HAS BESULTED FROM THE WORD, THERE HAS COME ABOUT THE RELATION OF Denoted and Denotative, IN THE SHAPE OF Cause
and Effect.-(1012)
COMMENTARY
The Reflection in that form is that reflection which is of the nature of the apprehended external object; when the birth-appearance of the cognition of that-has been brought about-produced, -the relation that has resulted is, on reflection, found to be that of Carse and Effect. For instance, the Word, as bringing about the Reflection, is called denotative'; and the Reflection, brought about by the Word, is the denoted'.
Thus the assertion made by the Opponent--that 'mere negation does not figure in Verbal Cognition (Text, 910)—is irrelevant; because mere negation is not regarded as the denotation of words.-(1012)
It has been shown that Apoha, in the form of Reflection, being brought About directly by words, forms the primary denotation of words. The Anthor now proceeds to show that there would be nothing incongruoua in
