Ownership in the trajectory of Sva ( स्व) I was in an auto carrying a bag full of books from the book fair. At the time of getting down, I just forgot to take with me the bag behind the seat. I was upset ….after three days of vigorous search of auto-driver, I concluded that books are lost. I was trying to re-live the time I purchased them and how they stimulated my relationship with those books. Now, I am no longer the owner of those books. How can I be sorry about their loss? But somehow, it breeds my distrust … I remain to ponder over the word ownership (svāmitva) refers to one who directly possesses items like, book, car, building, and land, etc. On the other hand, the word owned (svatva) means the 'quality that directly belongs to the objects mentioned. It is worth noting that I was the owner and the books were owned, having mutual dependence on each other. Unless one owns something one cannot be regarded as the owner of that thing. Similarly, if something is...
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