1165 Verse 1690

Original

इत्थं च वस्तुरूपत्वे स्थितेऽभावप्रमात्मनः ।
अभावशब्दवाच्यत्वमन्तर्भावेऽप्यबाधितम् ॥ १६९० ॥

itthaṃ ca vasturūpatve sthite’bhāvapramātmanaḥ |
abhāvaśabdavācyatvamantarbhāve’pyabādhitam || 1690 ||

Thus, it being established that negation is essentially a positive entity, the fact of its being spoken of by the name negation is not incompatible with its being included (under other means or forms of cognition).—(1690)

Kamalaśīla

The following Text proceeds to show the ‘Inconclusive’ character of the Reason—‘because it is spoken of by the name Negation [therefore Negation should be regarded as different from Perception and the rest’; see Text 1658]:—[see verse 1690 above]

‘Thus’,—i.e. under the principle that ‘the perception of one thing is what is called the non-perception of other things’ and so forth.

‘The fact, etc. etc.’—Even when ‘Negation’ is included under ‘Perception’, the fact of its being spoken of by the name ‘Negation’ does not become incompatible.

This shows that the Probans put forward by the Opponent is not absent where the contrary of the Probandum is present.—(1690)