Apparently, in the later tradition of Indian logic there are two kinds of negation:
- paryudāsa - implicational negation
- prasajyapratiṣedha - nonimplicational negation
I’m guessing the logic used in this sutta would be of the first kind of negation? E.g., “There are no elephants in this room”, implying that there are elephants, there is a room, there just aren’t any elephants in this particular room.
Or could it be of the second kind? E.g. “there are no elephants”, or to make a Matrix reference — “there is no spoon.”
