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SincemyaimisthereconstructionoftheÇgvedicphilosophicalsystem,Iam
notgoingintodetailsinmyanalysisofthewayinputspacesareintegratedinthe
blends.Iwillmerelyoutlinetheirbasicstructureinordertoshowwhatkindof
inputspacesareintegratedbytheÇgvedicpoets.Iwillratherfocusontherange
ofglobalinsightsintovariousaspectsofrealitythatisgainedintheemergent
space,thanonhowitisgained36.Thereconstructionofinputspacesofablendis
adynamicreconstruction.Iwillsupplyitwithstaticreconstruction,i.e.whatthe
emergentspacestatesabouttheworldandhumanbeings.Inotherwords,whatis
thefinaleffectofintegrationandwhatitsaysabouttheÇgvedicworldview.The
thoroughanalysisoftheÇgvedicblendsneedsaseparateinvestigation.
1.5.2.Metonymyasthesourceforcontradictoryconcepts
Theinputspacesoftheconceptualblendscanbecontradictory;insuchcases
theemergentspaceoftheblendsconveysacontradictorymeaning(e.g.concept
ofThatOnewhichsimultaneouslybreathesanddoesnotbreath,seesection2.2).
Anotherconceptualoperationwhichleadstocreationofcontradictoryconceptsis
metonymicidentificationofthesymbolofdarknesswiththesymboloflight.This
metonymyreflectsitselfonthelinguisticlevel,e.g.thedirectobjectoftheverbs
thatdenotetheopeningoftheseenclosuresortheirdestructioncanbeeitherthe
enclosureitselforitscontents37.Itisalsoreflectedintheuseofsomewords,e.g.
thenounsnidh[andgóareusedtodenoteboth,thecontainer(‘treasury’,‘cow’)
andthecontents(‘treasure’,‘milk’,seesections3.5.2,5.4).
Themetonymicidentificationofthesymbolsoflightwiththesymbolsof
darknessisgroundedinthepsychologicalconditioningoftheÇgvedicpoetswhich
isthestrongdesiretoobtainthedesiredobjects.Duetothis,thepositiveattitude
towardsthedesiredobjectsisextendedtotheirpossessor.Thenextexperiential
factormotivatingthisidentificationisthemysticvisionrealisedundertheinfluence
ofSoma.Duringit,thevisualisedimagestransformedthemselvesinsuchaway
thattheimagewhichseemstobefinalturnsouttohidethenext.Motivatedby
theseexperiences,themetonymicidentificationofthesymbolsofdarknesswiththe
symbolsoflightbecomesanimportantsourceforcomplexphilosophicalconcepts
whichincludeintheirrangeelementsthatineverydaylifeexcludethemselves.For
exampleacontainercannotbeitscontentsandawholeisnotapart38.
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Forschematicdiagramsofphilosophicalmodels,seeAppendix4.
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E.g.thedirectobjectoftheworddpa/v[v{-,‘toopen’canbe:‘door’(dvór,e.g.4.51.2)and
whatisclosedbehindit,i.e.‘cows(gó,e.g.RV8.63.3,seesection3.5.2).
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Lakoff(1987:456ff.)discusseshowimageschemas(Part-Wholeschemaandschemaof
Container)togetherwithmetaphoricalmappingsarethegroundsforbasicassumptionsoflogic
oftheclasses;forexperientialmotivationofvariousaspectsoflogic,cf.alsoLakoff,Johnson
1999:520,passim.
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