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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXIV.
kind.What is meant is that (1) because it is apprehended by a single cognition, and (2) because it denotes the single object, the animal with the dewlap- therefore the word 'go' is said to be one-(2729)
The following Text shows that the fact of being regarded as one is not true in all cases :
TEXT (2730). THE UNITARY CONCEPTION MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE CASE OF THE WORD
GO' ON ACOOUNT OF THE RAPIDITY (OF ITS UTTERANCE) AND OF THE SMALLNESS OF THE INTERVAL ; BUT IN THE CASE OF SUCH WORDS AS 'Dēvadatta ', THE DIFFERENCE IS CLEARLY PERCEIVED.
(2730)
COMMENTARY
* Rapidity'-quickness of utterance.
Smallness of the interval', -the very slight separation between the letter-sounds.
sa'-the unitary conception, the idea of oneness.
In the case of words like 'dēvadatta' the articulations are clearly perceived as distinct. Hence the unitary conception is 'inadmissible', in regard to a part of the Subject'-(2730)
The same idea is further supported by a formulated argument :
TEXT (2731).
THE COGNITION OF THE MEANING MUST BE REGARDED AS ARISING FROM THE LETTERS; BECAUSE IT APPEARS AFTER THE COGNITION OF THESE; WHAT IS LIKE IT ARISES FROM THAT, -LIKE THE COGNITION OF FIRE ARISING FROM
SMOKE.-(2731)
COMMENTARY.
The formulation of the argument is as follows :- When one Cognition appears after another cognition, it must be regarded as arising from this latter, indirectly, .g. the cognition of the subject', Fire, proceeding from the cognition of the Indicative, Smoke ;-the cognition of the Meaning appears after the cognition of the Letters ; hence this is a Reason based upon the nature of things.
What is meant to be proved here is the fact of its being regarded as the effect of that other cognition; this is what constitutes the difference between the Probans and the Probandum.-(2731)
