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प्रथमं लक्षणम्
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अन्यथा घटभेदात्यन्ताभावप्रतियोगिनि घटभेदे तल्लक्षणाव्याप्त्यापत्तेः, अन्योन्याभावप्रतियोगितावच्छेदकघटत्वात्यन्ताभावे तल्लक्षणस्याति
व्याप्त्यापत्तेश्च।
(१६) न चैवं घटत्वत्वावच्छिन्नप्रतियोगिताकघटत्वात्यन्ताभावस्यापि घटभेदस्वरूपत्वापत्तिरिति वाच्यम् । तदत्यन्ताभावत्वावच्छिन्नप्रतियोगाकाभावस्यैव तत्स्वरूपत्वाभ्युपगमात् तद्वत्ताग्रहे तादृशतदत्यन्ताभावाभावस्यैव व्यवहारात् । उपाध्यायैर्घटत्वत्वावच्छिन्नप्रतियोगिताकघटत्वात्यन्ताभावस्यापि घटभेदस्वरूपत्वाऽभ्युपगमाच्च ।
(१७) न चैवं साध्यसामान्यीयप्रतियोगितावच्छेदकसम्बन्धेनैव
absence of a pot which is the counter-positive of the absolute absence the mutual absence of the pot and there would be a fault of too wide application in the absolute absence of pot-ness which is the determinant of the counter-positive-ness of the mutual absence.
(16) It should not be argued that in this way the absence of potness which has counter-positive-ness determined by potness-ness also would be identical with the mutual absence of a pot. This is because the absence which has counter-positive-ness determined by the state of being absolute absence of that alone is accepted identical with that, because when the existence of that thing is known there is the usage of the absence of the absolute absence of such thing, and because Upadhyāya has accepted the absoulte absence of potness which has the counter-positive-ness determined by potness-ness, also identical with the mutual absence of the pot.
(17) Nor it should be argued that let be said the state of
