Tattva Sangraha Vol 1

SR No.: 007608
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 753
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 42 MB

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EXAMINATION OF THE FIRST CATEGORY_SUBSTANCE'.
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TEXT (561).
"SIMILARLY, THE Yarns AND THB Cloth MUST BE REGARDED AS DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT MAKERS AND DIFFERENT POTENCIES, - JUST AS THE PILLAR AND THE JAR ARE REGARDED AS DIFFERENT BECAUSR OF THE PRESENCE
OF CONTRADICTORY PROPERTIES."-(561)
COMMENTARY
This argument is formulated as follows Things having different makers, different effects, different times, different sizes must be regarded as different, -just like the Pillar, the Jar and such things the things under discussion do have different makers, different effects, different times and different sizes.-This Reason cannot be said to be unproven' ('not admitted '), or "inconclusive'. In fact, the difference among things is always based upon the presence of contradictory properties, -as is found in the case of the Pillar, the Jar and so forth;—such contradictory properties are found in the Composite and the Component ; for instance, of the Yarn, the maker is the (spinning) woman, while of the Cloth, the maker is the Weaver: the Cloth—and not the Yarn, -has the capacity to remove cold; the Yarns are found there before the Cloth; hence it is prior in time, while the Cloth appears later, after the operation of the Weaver, the length and breadth of the Cloth are differont from those of each of the Yarns; thus the sizes of the two are different. Thus the Reasons adduced are not 'inconclusive'. Such is the sense of the argument.-(561)
Having thus established the difference between the Composite and the Components, the Opponent proceeds to prove the same on the strength of Perception also
TEXTS (562-563).
"IF THERE WERE NO GROSS SUBSTANCES, THON THE PERCEPTION OF THE TREE AND SUCH THINGS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE; BECAUSE THE ATOMS ARE BEYOND THE REACH OF THE SENSES; NOR WOULD THE TERM - ATOM (SMALL) BE POSSIBLE; BECAUSE IT IS THE EXTREMELY SUBTLE THING THAT IS SO SPOKEN OF IN RELATION TO A GROSS SUBSTANCE; HENCE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE GROSS SUBSTANCE, IN RELATION TO WHAT WOULD ITS
SUBTLETY' BE?"-(562-563)
COMMENTARY
If there were no Composite Substance, there would be the anomaly that there would be no Perception at all; as the Atoms themselves are beyond the reach of the Senses.-In the absence of the gross thing again, the