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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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TEXTS (1069-1070). THOSE THINGS THAT ARE QUALIFIED BY THE Exclusion of other things,
EITHER AS THEIR CAUSE OR THEIR INSTRUMENTS-ARE DEFINITELY COGNISED AS NOT MIXED UP WITH THINGS OF OTHER KINDS. THE WORD EXPRESSES THESE THINGS. AND, BECAUSE IT BRINGS ABOUT THE COGNITION APPREHENDING THOSE THINGS, THERE IS DENIAL OF THE UNIVERSAL' AND SUCH OTHER COM
MONALTIES.-(1069.1070)
COMMENTARY Things are of two kinds-external and imposed upon the Cognition; in regard to the external thing, there is no denotation by words; and it is only on account of words bringing about the conceptual content pertaining to them that it is said, figuratively, that the word denotes things': and the purpose served by such figurative expression is the denial of the denota. tion of the Universal. Such is the meaning of the Texts as a whole.
The meaning of the words is explained By the exclusion of other things';i.e. by differentiation from other things ;--this differentiation being either the Cause or the Instrument,--the Tree and other things are definitely Cognised as qualified ; that is they are definitely differentiated from other things. This shows that in the compound arthāntaranivettivishistān', the term 'niurtti' is to be construed as with the Instrumental Ending
Dhuānais Word.-(1069-1070)
As regards the thing imposed upon the Cognition, that is denoted by words primarily and directly. This is what is shown in the following
TEXT (1071).
THOSE THINGS HOWEVER WHICH APPEAR IN THE COGNITION-THESE INTERNAL (SUBJECTIVE) THINGS THE WORD DENOTES DIRECTLY ; AND THE FACT OF THESE THINGS BEING QUALIFIED BY EXCLUSION
HAS JUST BEEN EXPLAINED.-(1071)
COMMENTARY.
Ayam stands for the word.
Question: "How can the character of being qualified by the exclusion of other things be attached to them ? "
Answer The fact, etc. etc.
Just'--that is, under Text 1069, it has been explained that things imposed upon the Cognition are excluded (or differentiated) from other things.-(1071)
