Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c23.s2.2

Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā in its Sources c23.s2.2

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c23.s2.2

When the first five Means of Cognition do not function towards bringing about the Cognition of the Existence of a certain object,—then there comes to function that (Sixth) Means of Cognition which is known as ‘*Abhāva*’ ‘Non-Apprehension,’ ‘Negation.’—(*Shlo. Vā., Abhāva*, 1.) It is through this Means of Cognition that the *non-existence* of things becomes cognised.—(*Ibid.*, 2.)

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Ślokavārttika — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit