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Glossary
121
statement is analysed to show how it functions to
produce that purport.
Having another.
Knowing or being aware of a second, one other
than the knower. The known other may be a group
of sensations and the consequent idea produced in the
mind by an external object or by the mind itself
without such an object. So long as one is aware of
sadvitiyatvam;
another he is "having another".
सद्वितीयत्वं.
Identify.
(wrongly). To think that one is something which
he is really not; like a person thinking that he is the
body. Such thinking is abhimanam; ¾Î¶¶.
Identity
Is also the relation of one-ness in which a single
entity is considered as being composed of two distinct
but inseparable elements. For example a red flower is
one entity, but it is considered as consisting of two
elements, the substance, flower and the red colour or
quality of redness which are inseparable. samavāyah;
समवायः of the naiyāyikas and tādātmyam तादात्म्यं of the
vedantins.
Ignorance.
Limited knowledge. Knowledge being infinite and
real, any limitation of it, beng limited is unreal. It is
not the non-existence of knowledge but is considered
a positive entity which is less real than the absolutely
121
statement is analysed to show how it functions to
produce that purport.
Having another.
Knowing or being aware of a second, one other
than the knower. The known other may be a group
of sensations and the consequent idea produced in the
mind by an external object or by the mind itself
without such an object. So long as one is aware of
sadvitiyatvam;
another he is "having another".
सद्वितीयत्वं.
Identify.
(wrongly). To think that one is something which
he is really not; like a person thinking that he is the
body. Such thinking is abhimanam; ¾Î¶¶.
Identity
Is also the relation of one-ness in which a single
entity is considered as being composed of two distinct
but inseparable elements. For example a red flower is
one entity, but it is considered as consisting of two
elements, the substance, flower and the red colour or
quality of redness which are inseparable. samavāyah;
समवायः of the naiyāyikas and tādātmyam तादात्म्यं of the
vedantins.
Ignorance.
Limited knowledge. Knowledge being infinite and
real, any limitation of it, beng limited is unreal. It is
not the non-existence of knowledge but is considered
a positive entity which is less real than the absolutely