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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV.
* Some people assert'.-What these people mean is that, though pure Pitch by itself is not apprehended by the Ear, yet when it is mixed up with Sound, it does become so apprehended ; and hence the dual notion comes about.-(2148)
The following Text justifies the dual notion, even under the view that there is no apprehension of the Pitch :
TEXT (2149).
"OR. THERE MAY BE NO APPREHENSION OF THESE (PITCHES) ; IT IS ONLY THE COGNITION OF THE WORD-SOUND THAT IS BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH THE PITCH. AS FOR THE DEGREES OF THE PITCH, IN THE SHAPE OF INTENSITY, ETC. THEY ARE COGNISED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IMPRESSIONS (MADE BY THE SOUND-PITCH)."--[Shlokavārtika-Sphota, 40).
-(2149)
COMMENTARY.
Tēräm'-of the Pitches ; consisting of the conjunctions and disjunctions of Air.
Question - How can there be a cognition of the Manifested when the Manifester is not cognised ?
Answer : It is only, etc. etc.- Tadvaşāt'—through the Pitch ; i.e. by the mere presence of the Pitch.
Question --There may be apprehension of the mero form of the WordSound; how is there the apprehension of the degrees of the Pitch ?
Answer: They are cognised, etc. etc. ' ;-When the more intensive Pitch produces an intensive impression on the Ear, then that intensity is cognised in the Sound ; on the other hand, when the impression produced is weak, the Sound is perceived as weak. Thus the varying degrees of the Pitch are apprehended in accordance with the impression made upon the Ear.—(2149)
Says the Opponent:-The varying degrees of Pitch resides according to you, in the Manifester, not in the Manifested (Sound); these degrees there. fore would be unapprehended because the Manifester itself is not apprehended; under the circumstances, without apprehending the degrees of Pitch in the Manifester how could one attribute it to the Word-Sound ? Until the Water has been apprehended, it is not attributed to imposed upon the Mirage ?
The answer to this (from the Mimamsaka) is as follows: