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प्रथमं लक्षणम्
२१
तदवच्छेदकत्वादित्यव्याप्तिस्तदवस्थेति वाच्यम् । अत्यन्ताभावाभावस्य प्रतियोगिरूपत्वेन घटभेदस्य घटभेदात्यन्ताभावत्वावच्छिन्नप्रतियोगिताकाभावरूपतया घटभेदात्यन्ताभावरूपस्य घटभेदप्रतियोगितावच्छेदकीभूतघटत्वस्यापि समवायसम्बन्धेन घटभेदप्रतियोगित्वात् ।
____ (१४) न चान्यत्रात्यन्ताभावाभावस्य प्रतियोगिरूपत्वेऽपि घटादिभेदात्यन्ताभावत्वावच्छिन्नाभावो न घटादिभेदस्वरूपः, किन्तु तत्प्रतियोगितावच्छेदकीभूतघटत्वात्यन्ताभावस्वरूप एवेति सिद्धान्त इति वाच्यम् । यथा हि घटत्वावच्छिन्नघटवत्ताग्रहे घटात्यन्ताऽभावाग्रहात्
absence, hence pot-ness which is determinant of the counterpositive-ness of the mutual absence of pot which is in the form of absolute absence of mutual absene of pot, also is the counterpositive of the mutual absence of a pot by the relation inherence.
(14) It should not be argued that though in other cases the absence of absence is identical with counter-positive but the absence determined by the state of being absolute absence of mutual absence of the pot, is not identical with the mutual absence of the pot, but it is identical with the absolute absence of potness which is the determinant of counter-positive-ness of that, only this is the admitted theory. This is because just as when there is the knowledge of the existence of that which is determined by pot-ness, the knowledge of the absoulte absence of pot does not arise and the usage of the absence of the absolute absence takes place. Therefore the absence of the absolute absence of a pot is identical with a pot, similarly when there is the knowledge of the existence of the mutual absence
