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¹⁹⁵ Defined at Ca.Sū.11.20. See also Vi.4.4 and 7; 8.33 and 39. Compare the definitions of the Nyāyakośa. Perception is dependent on the contact (samnikarṣa) of ātman, manas, senses of perception and the objects of these senses (Sū.11.20). Cakra distinguishes six types of this contact (sambandha): saṃyoga, samavāya, samyuktasamavāya, samyuktasamavetasamavāya, samavetasamavāya, and viśeṣaṇaviśeṣabhāva (see on the first five of these terms: S. Dasgupta, 1975: II, 373–374). The same six types are known in Nyāya, which calls the sixth one saṃyuktaviśeṣaṇa. S. Dasgupta (1975: II, 373–374) held the opinion that Cakra describes five types only. Cakra describes two types of pratyakṣa, bāhya and mānasa, ad Ca.Vi.4.4. Compare Jyotir Mitra (1982): 110–114; Y.K. Tripāṭhī (1987): 58.