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"THE REVEALED WORD.”
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TEXTS (2768-2769).
Just AS THE TECHNICAL WORDS LIKE ' urddhi' HAVE THEIR MEANINGS CREATED BY THE WHIM OF MAN, SO MAY ALSO BE REGARDED TO BE THE CASE WITH WORDS LIKE' Svarga', 'Yāga ' AND SO FORTH. IN THE CASE OF SUCH WORKS OF MEN AS STORIES, DRAMAS AND NOVELS, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WORDS AND MEANINGS IS NEVER MEANT TO BE REAL AND
ETERNAL.—(2768-2769)
COMMENTARY
Ichchhärachita, etc.'-Whose meanings have been created by the wish of man.
Utpūdya '-The unheard of story created by the writer,-- like that of Mahāshvētā ; and the drama, etc. which also have the same character. In the case of these the connection between words and their meanings is not meant to be eternal, in the shape of an inherent potency. The same may be regarded to be the case with the Veda also.-This is the sense of the Text. (2768-2769)
The amings is no
This is acy.
In the following test, an objection-based upon the Inadmissibility of the Corroborative Instance is raised against the above argument,-from the standpoint of the other party :
TEXT (2770).
IN THE CASE OF THE WORKS CITED ALSO, THE potency IS ETERNAL ;; THE NON-ETERNALITY ATTACHES ONLY TO THE PARTICULAR USE OF THE WORD ; AND IT IS ON ACCOUNT OF THIS LATTER FACT THAT THERE ARISE DOUBTS REGARDING
THE ETERNAL POTENCY."-(2770)
COMMENTARY.
In the case of the said stories, etc. also, the potency is held to be eternal. But the particular use of the words--which is made even when the things spoken of are not real,-which is made by men, is what is not-eternal; and it is by reason of this that there arise doubts regarding the eternal potency:Hence the corroborative Instance cited (by the Buddhist) is 'inadmissible'. -(2770)
The answer to the above is as follows :
