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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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telligence,-es open to doubt. Hence it cannot be admitted that in the case of words like "knowable', there is nothing that can be excluded.
Otherwise if it does not exclude' what is doubted by dull-witted persons.
It might be argued that- The listener may have not doabted anything".
The answer to that is- If he does not regard, etc. etc. ' -If the listener has no doubts regarding anything, then why does he seek for advice from another person? It is only for ascertaining things that one questions another person ; otherwise he would be mad.
It might be argued that-"Even if the listener has any doubts regarding anything, that doubt cannot be removed by the word in question."
The answer to this is- If one utters a word, etc. etc.;-- Samskāna is embellishment, in the form of the removal of the listener's doubt, the word that has this embellishment is one that brings about the said removal; the attix kap' is added according to Pānini's Sutra Shësãd vibhāşa'.
Brunan',--the explainer using the word.
How can he, etc. etc. '--That is, he would be insane. Because it is only for the embellishment (enlightenment) of listeners that words are used. - (1169-1170)
Question :-"What, and in what sentence, is that which is open to doubt in the mind of the dull-witted person,—which is excluded' by the word in question ?" Answer -
TEXT (1171).
WHEN IT IS ASSERTED THAT COLOUR IS cognisable BY VISUAL PERCEPTION -THIS CERTAINLY SERVES TO EXCLUDE (DENY) SOMETHING
SUPPOSED BY SOME PERSON.-(1171)
COMMENTARY.
This i.e. the sentence Colour is cognisable by Visual Perception. -(1171)
Question :-" What is it that is supposed ?" Answer
TEXT (1172).
THE SUPPOSITION IS]" IT IS NOT BY THE COGNITION THROUGH THE EYD ALONE THAT THE BLUE AND OTHER COLOURS ARD COGNISABLE,BUT ALSO BY THE ONE ETERNAL COGNITION, THROUGH
THE Ear ALSO."-(1172)
COMMENTARY.
The dull-witted man might suppose that Colour is cognisable also by the Eternal Cognition through the Ear-and it is this supposition that is excluded' (negatived) by the sentence Colour is cognisable by the
