Sūtra 9.1.6 (Causes of the perception consequent non-existence)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Vaisheshika Sutras 9.1 · Verse 9.1.6
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Sanskrit Original
असदिति भूतप्रत्यक्षाभावात् भूतस्मृतेर्विरोधिप्रत्यक्षवत् ॥ ९.१.६ ॥
asaditi bhūtapratyakṣābhāvāt bhūtasmṛtervirodhipratyakṣavat || 9.1.6 ||
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“(It is; non-existent”—such (perceptual cognition) is similar to the perception of the counter-opposite (of non-existence), because fin both cases) there is non-existence of the perception of that which is past and gone, and there is recollection of the past.