326 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [NS., XIV, 
The Veda is defined by Gangesa as a collection of valid 
speeches which are not the outcome of knowledge of things 
signified by words and the things signified by which are not the 
objects of those kinds of knowledge which are derived from 
means other than verbal testimony. 
fafarate: | 
Injunction. 
_ is produced ee” 
(corresponding to the English word “let ”’) of the speech itse® 
BYSAaTE: | 
Merit and Demerit. 
that accrues from the act s ified by the s h, 15 08 he 
being acquired by our forts. This belief is followed per 
presumption that the act from which merit or demeri 
is such as can be performed by us. Gradually there arise te 
other beliefs, viz. that the ‘act if performed w 
object of desire, and that there is no serious incon 
involved in the act. 
venience 
