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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XVI.
TEXTS (1102–1104). WHEN THE WORD BLUE 'IS UTTERED ALONE, THE PARTICULAR REFLEC
TION THAT APPEARS IS ONE THAT SCINTILLATES THROUGH ALL BLUE THINGS SUCH AS THE CUCKOO, THE LOTUS, THE BLUE BEE AND THE LIKE.—WHEN THE WORD "LOTUS IS ADDED TO IT, THEN THE CUCKOO, THE COLLYRIUM AND OTHER BLUE THINGS BECOME EXCLUDED, AND THE RESULTANT REFLECTION IS ONE THAT IS FURTHER PARTICULARISED AND BEOOMES DEFINITELY APPLIED TO ONE BLUE THING ONLY TRUS THE NECESSARY CO-ORDINATION IS NOT RENDERED IMPOSSIBLE. ALL THIS EXPLANATION IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE UNDER THE THEORY OF THE OTHER PARTY.
(1102–110)
COMMENTARY That is to say, when the word 'blue' is prononnced, there appears the Conceptual Reflection (the Image) of a doubtfnl form, inasmuch as it serves to exclude the yellow' and other colours and things having these colours, and envisages all blue things, such as the Blue Bee, the Cuckoo, the Collyrium and so forth.-When the word "lotus' is added (to the word
blue'), the same Reflection becomes apprehended as differentiated from the Cuckoo and the rest, and particularly restricted to the thing excluded from the Non-lotus. Thus in relation to the said Conceptual Reflection, there is a mutual relation of differentiation and differentiated between the two words
blue' and 'lotas', and hence there is nothing incongruous in their being related to each other as qualification and qualified.
Or (another explanation possible is that) both the words together express the thing in the form of a single Reflected Image excluded from the nonblue' and the non-lotus'; so that both pertaining to the same thing, there is co-ordination between them.
Such is the meaning of the Texts as a whole. The meaning of the words is as follows:- Scintillating -i.e. not restricted to any particular thing, doubtful.-The word "pika here stands for the Cuckoo.-The rest is easy.
It might be argued by the Opponent) that—" under our theory also, the co-ordination would be all right".
The answer to this is- All this explanation is, etc. eto.' ;-that is, the above-described explanation of co-ordination, etc.-(1102-1104)
Question :- "Why should it be impossible under our theory ? " Answer:
