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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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be established " -The answer to this is that-aven on the establishment of the Negation, in the above manner, the existence of the Positive Entity cloes become established ; as that rests upon its own nature. And the abovementioned establishment of Negation also constitutes its non-existence.
The answer to this argument has been made out of its turn (along with that to Kumarila's argument put forward under 955 et seq.), because the same answer is applicable to both. (1084)
The Author now reverts to the order of sequence of the Opponent's arguments, and takes up that put forward in Text 957, to the effect that"If the Negation of the Negation is different in character from the Negation itself, then it becomes a positive entity".
The answer to this is as follows
TEXT (1086). The Cow, WHICH IS THE YEGATION OF THE Nox-Cow' IS HELD TO BE A POSITIVE ENTITY, AND OF A CHARACTER DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE NON-COW; BUT BY THIS THE Non-cow DOES
NOT BECOME THE Cow, FOR ME.-(1085)
COMMENTARY. That it would become a positive entity doos not indicate an undesirable contingency for us ; as it is quito agreeable to ns. Because the Cow is actually held by us to be a positive entity quite different in character from the 'Noncow' in the shape of the Horse and other animals,-it is not held to be of the nature of Negation. So that it would be a positive entity. And as the difference of the Cow from the Non-cow is what is admitted by us, there is no such contingency as that of the Non-cow becoming the Cowe(1085)
It has been argtied (under Test 960, by Kumūrila) that." Impressions cannot pertain to the Non-entity " -The following Texts show that this is both Not-eclmitted' and Inconclusive'
TEXTS (1086-1087). EVEN IN REGARD TO NON-ENTITIES, THERE CAN BE IMPRESSIONS, ORNATED
ONLY BY THE MIND (COGNITIONS),JUST AS IN THE CASE OF THINGS OF VARIOUS KINDS CREATED BY IMAGINATION. THIS DIVERSITY AMONG Apohas, AS ALSO THEIR POSITIVE CHARACTER, WOULD BE ASSUMED ON THE BASIS OF THE DIVERSITY AMONG IMPRESSIONS; JUST AS IN THE CASE OF CREATIONS OF
IMAGINATION.-(1086-1087)
COMMENTARY
That the Mind (Cognition) does not operate upon non-entities cannot be admitted. Because, the Mind (Cognition) does operate through the
