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meaning conveyed, because none is intended, as for instance, "Facts speak for themselves." Here no suggestible meaning apart from the secondary is intended to be conveyed. The word "speaks" is used simply because the usage requires it. And in the "Asamlaksya krama vyangya' the secondary meaning does not at all enter into consciousness, because the sugges- tible meaning rises in consciousness immediately. Hence, because there is no general concomitance between the suggestible and the secondary meaning, the latter cannot be regarded as the characteristic sign of the former. 3. The distinction of Dhvani from Laksanā as an idependent function or power, has been pointed out above in respect of the sphere, that is, the meaning aroused by the former is different from that aroused by the latter. Every power operates in a certain way. One power is recognised as different from another, not only because of the different results that they produce but also because of the different manners in which they operate. The position of the opponent that Dhvani and Laksana are identical cannot stand, because the manners' in which the two powers function, are different. THE PROCESS ANALYSED.

1. The secondary power of language leads to the arousal of the secondary meaning through (a) Consciousness of the conventional meanings of two words. (b) Experience of contradiction between the two meanings. (c) The rise of the secondary convention in the consciousness.

2. Dh. L., 55.