Note 181 — Chapter X · THE VAIŚESHIKA OR AULÚKYA DARŚANA.[154]
Edward B. (Edward Byles) Cowell translation
The author here mentions two other causes of the destruction of dvitva besides that already given in p. 152, l. 14 (apekshábuddhi-náśa), viz., áśrayanáśa, and the united action of both:—
1. Ekatva-jñána | Avayava-kriyá | .......
2. Apekshábuddhi | Avayava-vibhága | Avayava-kriyá.
3. Dvitvotpatti and akatva-jñána-náśa | Avayava-saṃyoga-náśa | Avayava-vibhága.
4. Dvitvatvajñána | Dvitvádhárasya (i.e., avayavinaḥ) náśaḥ | Avayava-saṃyoga-náśa.
5. Dvitvaguṇa-buddhi and apekshábuddhi-náśa | Dvitva-náśa (i.e., of avayavin). | Ádhára-náśa (of avayavin).
6. Dvitva-náśa and dravya-buddhi | ....... | Dvitva-náśa.
The second and third columns represent what takes place when, in the course of the six steps of ekatvajñána, &c., one of the two parts is itself divided either at the first or the second moment. In the first case, the dvitva of the whole is destroyed in the fifth moment, and therefore its only cause is its immediately preceding dvitvádhára-náśa, or, as Mádhava calls it, áśrayanivṛitti. In the second case, the náśa arrives at the same moment simultaneously by both columns (1) and (3), and hence it may be ascribed to the united action of two causes, apekshábuddhi-náśa and ádhára-náśa. Any kriyá which arose in one of the parts after the second moment would be unimportant, as the náśa of the dvitva of the whole would take place by the original sequence in column (1) in the sixth moment; and in this way it would be too late to affect that result.