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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXI.
forward are with reference to the Blue and other forms that figure in the Cognition, and in favour of the idea of the form belonging to the Cognition, then, the whole argument is superfluous-proving what is already admitted. This has been thus described— Under the view of the form belonging to Cognitions, what is cognised is the imprint of that form ; and if what is meant to be proved is the non-difference of this with the Cognition, then the Reason would be open to the charge of proving what is already admitted'."
It is in anticipation of- and in answer to all this objection emanating from Bhadanta-Shubhagupta, that the Author has added the words--- There is absence of the imprint, etc. etc.'In the compound arthakaroparāga', * arthakāra' qualifies 'uparāya', the meaning being the imprint of (in the shape of) the form of the object'.
I can'-both the aforesaid arguments in question have been put forward against the person who regards Cognition as formless. Hence they are not 'futile'-proving what is already admitted.
Nor can there be an apprehension of something else (other than the Cognition) in the secondary (figurative) sense either; as there is no basis for such figurative expression.-(2034-2035)
It has thus been proved that there can be no apprehension of Objects by a Cognition that does not bear any imprint (objective). The other viewthat there can be none even by the Cognition that does bear such an imprint,
is now taken up and expounded :
TEXT (2036).
[SAYS THE OTHER PARTY)-"THE COGNITION ENDOWED WITH SIMILARITY OF FORM MAY BE THE APPREHENDER OF THE EXTERNAL OBJECT". - THAT ALSO BEING IMPOSSIBLE, IT CANNOT HAVE THE POSITION
OF THE APPREHENDER. (2036)
COMMENTARY.
There can be no real form in the Cognition, on the basis of which the exact nature of things could be determined ; and a Cognition with an unreal form could not apprehend the Object; as such form is present in wrong Cognition also.---(2036)
Question :“Why should Cognitions with forms be unreal ?” Answer:
| SR No. | 007609 |
| Book Title | Tattva Sangraha Vol 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha |
| Publisher | Oriental Research Institute Vadodra |
| Publication Year | 1939 |
| Total Pages | 887 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 84 MB |