Gandharavada

SR No.: 006739
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Esther A Solomon
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyasabha
Publication Year: 1966
Total Pages: 400
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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Hetes ca pratyayanam ca samagryām asti cet phalam; grhyeta nanu samagryain samagryam ca na grhyate. 3. hetcs ca pratyayanam ca samagryam nästi cet phalam; hetaval pratyayaś ca syur ahetupratyayaih samah. 4. -Mülamadhyamika Kārikā, 20.
(1702) Compare: Smṛti-sankalpavac bhimanah-Nyaya Su. 4.2.34 and Bhasya on it.
(1703) - Dream See Prasastapada Bhāṣya, pp. 91-3. (Kashi Sanskrit Series).
(1705 6) Syllogism of three members pratijna (thesis), hetu (reason), udaharana (example). Syllogism of 5 members the above three and upanaya (application) and nigamana (conclusion).
ca svapnaviṣaya
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Parvato vahniman-Mountain is fiery (pratijna); Dhumat-Because it is smoky (hetu);
Yatra yatra dhumas tatra tatra vahnir yatha mahanaseWhere there is smoke, there is fire, as in a kitchen (udaharana); Vahnivyapyadhumavan ayam (parvatah)-This Mountain has smoke which is invariably concomitant with fire (upanaya); Tasmat tatha (-parvato vahniman) - Therefore the Mountain is fiery (nigamana).
The rule of invariable concomitance (vyapti) forms a part of the syllogism-udaharana. The illustration can be either similar or dissimilar, and accordingly the vyapti is stated positively or negatively. The above is an example of positive vyapti (anvayin); the negative (vyatirekin) being expressed as follows -Yatra yatra vahnyabhavaḥ tatra tat a dhumabhavaḥ' or 'yatra vahnir nästi tatra dhumo'pi nästi yatha sarasi'- Where there is not fire, there is not also smoke, as in a pond.
(1710) Samantabhadra has in his Aptamīmāsā (kā. 73-75), refuted the extreme views that everything is relative (sapeksa), dependent upon others, and that everything is self-sufficient.
(1713) Svabhava:- Aguir dahati nākāśam ko'tra paryanuyujyatām........ The whole stanza is as follows: