Note 202 — SA@NKARA'S INTRODUCTION (continued 3)

Footnote 202:

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With 'or else' begins the exposition of the finally accepted theory as to the cause why the same letters are apprehended as different. Hitherto the cause had been found in the variety of the upâdhis of the letters. Now a new distinction is made between articulated letters and non-articulated tone.