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Sutra 46 ]
Substance, Quality, Modes
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(Aph.) Unity, separateness, number, configuration, conjunction and disjunction are the distinguishing characteristics of modes. (XLVI)
(Gloss) The modes are characterized by these : unity is (the cause of) such cognition as 'this is a jar', even though the atoms of which the jar is made are discrete and separate. Separateness is the quality which occasions distinction in things joined together. It is the cause of such judgment as this is separate from that'. Number is the cause of such judgment as 'this is one', 'these are two', 'these are three', etc. Con. figuration is responsible for such judgment as 'this is round'. Conjunction is the cause of such judgment as 'this is the conjunction of two fingers'. Disjunction makes possible the knowledge of difference in things which are disjoined from one another. It is responsible for such judgment as 'this is disjoined from that, and the like.
इति द्रव्य-गुण-पर्याय-स्वरूपनिर्णयः iti dravya-guna-paryāya-svarūpanirņayaḥ.
This is the first lustre) called "the Determination of the Nature of Substance, Quality, and Modes".
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