Tattva Sangraha Vol 2

SR No.: 007609
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

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“THE REVEALED WORD.”
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The following Tects anticipate and answer the objection that Recognition is not infallible (not always truo)
TEXTS (2119-2120).
"IF IT BE URGED THAT-IN THE CASE OF SUCH THINGS AS THE FLAME, IT IS FOUND THAT THOUGH IT EXISTS FOR ONE MOMENT ONLY, YET THERE IS RECOGNITION, THE ANSWER IS THAT IT IS NOT SO; WHAT IS recognised IN THESE CASES IS THE universal, AND THAT IS ETERNAL, FOR US. IN CASES WHERE THERE TS NOTION OF DIFFERENCE IN REGARD TO ANY ASPECT OF THE THING, ON ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANTIAL CONDITIONS, THERE IS NO RECOGNITION, AS IS CLEAR FROM THE NOTION OF DIFFERENCE.”—
(2119-2120).
COMMENTARY.
*Such things '--this includes the cases of Hair, nails and grass, etc.which are out and grow again,-as also that of water-falls ; as in these cases also there is Recognition that these are the same Hairs and Nails, the same grasses, the water-fall, the same river water and so forth.
This is not right. In all these case what is recognised is the Universal, -the commonalty—such as 'Fire (in the case of the Lamp) and so forth; and this Universal is held to be eternal; where then is there any falsity in our Premiss? The individual form of these things, which is evanescent, that certainly is not recognised (as being the same); where then is there any falsity in our Premiss!
In regard to any aspect'-as in regard to the greater or less degree.
On account of certain circumstantial conditions '--the lesser degree being due to going upward,
Question :-How do you know that there is no Recognition in such cases ?
Answer: As is clear from the notion of difference', - it is deduced from the presence of the notion of difference that there is in such cases.(2119-2120)
The Mimämsaka next proceeds to show how the Proposition of the Buddhist (regarding Veda being non-eternal) is annulled by Inferences