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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XVI.
known in their distinct formos. For the purpose of speaking of them, people make use of words, which are not well known, through their whims. Under the circumstances, if the form of a distinct thing required, for its own apprehension, the apprehension of another different thing.--then there might have been mutual interdependence. Ass matter of fact, however, the distinct thing is apprehended without the apprehension of another thing; and when it is definitely known as something distinct bringing about a distinct determinate judgment, and then the Convention is made in the form 'this is a Cow that is a Cow' and so forth.-according to the man's wish, how then, can there be any mutual interdependence !
* Vittau stands for ' vittyartham', for the apprehension.-(1064-1065)
It has been argued (under Text 945, by Kumarila), that—"There can be no relationship of Container and Contained, etc. between two negations ".
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXTS (1066-1067). AS A MATTER OF FACT, VERBAL COGNITION, NOT TAKING COGNIZANCE
OF ANY ESTERYAL OBJECT, APPREHENDS ITS OWN MARK AS SOMETHING EXTERYAL, ON ACCOUNT OF STRONG ILLUSION. -THIS IS ALL THAT IS DONE BY WORDS; AND WORDS
DO NOT EVEN TOUCH THE OBJECT ; NOR IS ANY OBJECT DENOTED AS QUALIFIED BY
Apoha.-(1066-1067).
COMMENTARY. In reality, no object qualified by Apola is denoted by words. Because it has already been explained that no object is touched by Words anywhere, for the simple reason that the necessary conditions are absent. For example, Verbal Cognition, even though not pertaining to any external object, actually appears as apprehending its own marl-i.e. form- something external; and it does not really touch the form of the object; because its apprehension is not in accordance with the real state of things.-(1066-1067)
Question :-" If that is so, then, why has the Teacher declared that words like Blue-Lotus express things qualified by the exclusion of other tvings ? " Answer
TEXT (1068). AS FOR THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE Laleşana-THAT * WORDS EXPRESS THINGS QUALIFIED BY THE EXCLUSION OF OTHER
THINGS, WHAT IT MEANS IS AS FOLLOWS.-(1068)
COMMENTARY. Question :-"What does it mean?" Answer -
