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व्याप्तिपञ्चकम्
भावस्य प्रतियोग्यादिस्वरूपत्वनये तु साध्यतावच्छेदकसम्बन्धावच्छिन्नसाध्यतावच्छेदकावच्छिन्नप्रतियोगिताकसाध्याभाववृत्तिसाध्यसामान्यीयप्रतियोगितावच्छेदकसम्बन्धेन साध्याभावाधिकरणत्वं वक्तव्यम् ।।
__ (१०) वृत्त्यन्तं प्रतियोगिताविशेषणं, तादृशसम्बन्धश्च वह्निमान् धूमादित्यादिभावसाध्यकस्थले विशेषणताविशेष एव, घटत्वाभाववान् पटत्वादित्याद्यभावसाध्यकस्थले तु समवायादिरेव । समवायविषयित्वादिसम्बन्धेन प्रमेयादिसाध्यके ज्ञानत्वादिहेतौ साध्यतावच्छेदक
mutual absence is form of its counter-positive etc. The state of being substratum of the absence of that which is to be established should be known as determined by the relation which determines the counter positive-ness in general of that which is to be established, existing in the absence of that which is to be established, in general counter positive-ness of which is determined by the attribute and the relation which determines the state of being that which is to be established.
___ (10) The part of the sentence ending with existing' is a qualifier of the counter-positive-ness, such a relation in the case of the inference this has fire because of smoke' where that which is to be established is a positive entity is a particular qualifier-ness alone, and in the inference 'this has the absence of pot-ness because of cloth-ness' where that which is to be established is a negative entity, is inherence etc.
The word 'in general, is used to avoid the fault of too narrow application in the inference where knowable etc. is
