८.१: १०३.१८-रूपादीनाम्सर्वेषाम्गुणानाम्प्रत्येकमपरसामान्यसम्बन्धाद्रूपादिसंज्ञाभवन्ति ॥
All the qualities, color and the rest, being each related to a lower generality, come to be known as Color etc.
८.१: १०४.१-तत्ररूपम्चक्षुर्ग्राह्यम्।
Of these, color is perceptible by the Eye.
पृथिव्युदकज्वलनवृत्तिद्रव्याद्युपलम्भकम्नयनसहकारिशुक्लाद्यनेकप्रकारम्सलिलादिपरमाणुषुनित्यम्पार्थिवपरमाणुष्वग्निसम्योगविरोधिसर्वकार्यद्रव्येषुकारणगुणपूर्वकमाश्रयविनाशादेवविनश्यतीति ॥
It exists in the Earth, Water and Light (Fire), it brings about seeing of objects, and serves as the aid to the Eye.
It is of various kinds, ‘White’ and the rest.
It is eternal in the atoms of Water and the rest.
In all material products, it is preceded (brought about) by a like quality in the cause; and it is destroyed by the destruction of its substratum.
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