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signifies an animal which is like a cow, goes into a forest where 
= sinedse 4 e sees an animal like a cow. Re- 
datived through compati- collecting the instructive assertion of 
son. the elder he institutes a comparison 
by which he arrives at the conclusion 
that the animal which he sees is the thing signified by the 
word bos-gavaeus. The means by which this conclusion has 
been arrived at is called comparison (upamana). This m 
is the knowledge of likeness between a cow and a bos-gavaeus. 
The word comparison is ordinarily taken to signify the whole 
process. 
The intercourse or operation (vyapara) in the case of 
comparison consists in the recollection of the instructive 
assertion of the elder, viz. that the word bos-gavaeus signifies 
an animal which is like cow. The result of comparison 
(upamiti) is the knowledge of the relation of a name to some 
thing so named. 
The Mimamsakas maintain that likeness (sadrsya) 18 4 
distinct object which is not included 
i he seven categories of the 
Vaisesikas. The signification of the word bos-gavaeus %; 
according to them, an animal which possesses likeness to @ 
it is cumber- 
some. A thing is said to bear likeness to another thing if it 
while possessing the special property of the latter thing 1 
different from the same in the generic nature. Such being the 
real signification of the word bos-gavaeus, acco 
eus. 
Some say that the knowledge of signification of the wor 
Comparison is not ronan yeas is derived through pereeP 
perception. on. 
: relation between the word bos-gavaen” 
and the animal called bos-gavaeus may be perceived «ible 
; in- 
can neither be derived through of 
ference inasmuch as in the 
Comparison is not 
ce. ° 
comparison knowledge 
inferen 
