A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c35.94

v2.c35.94

वहुलपाण्डुतादिधर्म्मविशिष्ट, Jayanta II ; compare Gangesa, कृष्णागुरुप्रभववह्निमानयं कटुकासुरभिपाण्डरधूमवत्त्वात् ।—Chintá-mani, Anumana, Viruddha Siddhánta). Here, between an effect and a single condition (termed a cause) there is a relation of Vyápti. The effect is Vyápya or Gamaka (the sign or mark); the cause (or condition) is Vyápaka or Gamya (the thing signified). In other words the presence of the effect indicates the presence of the causal condition, and the absence of the causal condition will by implication indicate the absence of the effect. Smoke of this particular kind is supposed to be an effect of which there is one and only one assemblage of causal conditions (fire and green-wood); hence where there is smoke, there is fire; and when there is no fire, there is no smoke.