SECTION III

DEALING WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC MARK,

DIVISION AND EXAMINATION OF

THE TWENTY FOUR QUALITIES

1. Colour (rūpa):

चक्षुर्मात्रग्राह्यो गुणो रूपम् । तच्च शुक्लनीलपीतरक्तहरितकपिशचित्र

भेदात्सप्तविधम् । पृथिवीजलतेजोवृत्ति । तत्र पृथिव्यां

सप्तविधम् । अभास्वरशुक्लं जले । भास्वरशुक्लं तेजसि ॥ १ ॥

[44. In the order of enumeration of the Vaiśeṣika padārthas, guna comes second. According to the Vaiśeṣika, guna as a dharma (characteristic of a thing) exists in a dravya by samavāya sambandha(inherent relation), but is, at the same time, different from Karma,

and višesa]