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CHAPTER TWO
By the dravya type of veda is understood the external sign, by the bhāva type of veda the concerned specific desire. (1) That bodily sign through which a man is recognized as such is masculine veda of the dravya type, the desire for the pleasure born of intercourse with a woman is masculine veda of the bhāva type. (2) That bodily sign through which a woman is recognized as such is feminine veda of dravya type, the desire for the pleasure born of intercourse with a man is feminine veda of the bhāva type. (3) The collective of bodily signs in which some constituents are characteristic of a man some characteristic of a woman in neuter veda of the dravya type, the desire for the pleasure born of intercourse with a man as well as a woman is neuter veda of the bhāva type. Veda of the dravya type is of the form of physical configuration such as results from the manifestation of a particular nāma-karma; veda of the bhāva type is of the form of a mental unease such as results from the manifestation of a particular mohaniya-karma. The relation between the dravya and bhāva types of veda is that of the means and end or that of the sustainer and sustained.
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The Apportionment of Veda :
The hellish beings and beings born by way of agglutination are possessed of neuter veda. The heavenly beings are not possessed of neuter veda but are possessed of the remaining two. The rest-that is, the human beings born of a womb and animals born of a womb-are possibly possessed of all the three vedas.
The Relative Intensity and Mildness of the Concerned Mental Unease :
The mental unease born of masculine veda is least durable, that born of feminine veda is more durable than that, that born of neuter veda is still more durable. The idea is thus explained with the help of an illustration :
The mental unease born of masculine veda is like hay fire which calms down soon but also manifests itself soon. The mental unease born of feminine veda is like cow-dung fire which does
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