devanagari

na rupa-wabda-gandha-rasa-sprastavya-dharmah
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neg. N.n.     N.m.      N.m.     N.m.        N.m.             N.m.
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wabda-, m.: sound,

gandha-, m.: scent,

rasa-, m.: taste,

sprastavya-, m.: touchable,

dharma-, m.: here "mind-object",

No form, sound, scent, taste, touchable, mind-object.

    After enumerating the six sense organs in the previous section now follow six respective object of the senses. They too are considered as not existent (in the true sense of the word). 

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