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. . (vii) Aitihyapratibhaviokra.
Examination of Tradition and Intelligence. Tradition is an understanding among the people. That there is a devil in this banyan tree is a tradition. Tradition therefore is a proof for those who come afterwards. Intelligence is the sudden appearance in the mind of the existence of a thing; for example, tomorrow my brother is to come, etc. So tradition and intelligence should be admitted as separate proofs.
Refutation. This tradition and intelligence cannot be accepted as valid proofs because they are not always correct. These are proved to be incorrect many a time.
XX. Syâdvâdaparikså. Examination of the perfect knowledge of things. 1. Every entity has twofold qualities: one is common to all things and gives rise to the knowledge of an object as an object; the other is special belonging to that entity only. For example a pot is called an object because it has the quality of being called an object, and it is also called a pot. If the pot were altogether different from all other objects then it would not be an object like a lotus of the sky. Again, it should not altogether be the same as other objects. If it were so, in that case it can not be differentiated from other objects. So it is quite reasonable that an entity should possess two different qualities, one general and the other special.
Ahrika. 2. An entity may be one but may possess two qualities because such is our experience in daily life. By one of the two qualities it does not differ from other objects, while by the other it differentiates itself from other objects; just as the deity Narasimha is endowed with two different natures.
Sumati. 3. Just as a thing with many colours is called white or black acoording to the wishes of the speaker, similarly a thing with mang
