Sarvadarshanasangraha 12.71

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12.71

then it must be stated: Does an absence have the nature of being an effect, or not? If it does not, then, since the destruction of a pot would not arise, the unwanted consequence would follow that a pot is eternal. If it does, what fault is there in its being a cause? Thus this is a rope with nooses at both ends. As has been stated by Udayana:

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The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy — Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, English

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Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha — Mādhava, Sanskrit