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words inaspeech. For instance, no verbal knowledge is derived 
from such a speech as ‘agnina sifica’ (sprinkle with fire) 
because it is incompatible with fire being an instrument in the 
act of sprinkling. Consistency may be certain or doubtful but 
in either case there will be verbal knowledge. 
arate: | 
Contiguity. 
Contiguity (asatti) consists in the enunciation of words, 
which are connected with each other, without a long pause 
between them, e.g. the speech, viz. ‘‘ bring water” will convey 
no meaning if one utters the word “ bring” now, and the word 
“water” after an hour. 
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aTquay | 
Intention. 
weifraarale: | 
The Non-eternity of Sound. 
Sounds (Sabda) such as &, etc., are multifarious inasmuch 
as we find that a sound uttered by a man is different from the 
corresponding sound uttered by a parrot. On the ground that 
Sounds are many each of which is produced and destroyed, 
we must admit them to be non-eternal. In fact such an 
€xpression as ‘the uproar that arose in the market has now 
Ceased ’ proves beyond adoubt that sound is liable to destruction. 
SQAIGATE | 
Sound Destroyed and not Concealed. 
If sounds are destructible, their aggregates the speeches 
Must also be so. The Veda, a collection of speeches, is 
the ely non-eternal. The Mimamsakas say that though 
© Veda as a collection of speeches was liable to destruction, 
~ has come down through succession of teachers, | 
yontinuity is uninterrupted. Gangesa opposes the above view 
