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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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XXIV.
TEXT (2298).
"THUS IT IS THAT THE LETTERS, FOLLOWING UP THE PROPERTIES OF THE ARTICULATION WHICH APPEAR THERE AS ETERNAL, BECOME EXPRESSIVE OF DIVERSE MEANINGS."-(Shlokavärtika
-ETERNALITY OF WORDS, 301).-(2298)
COMMENTARY.
Properties of the Articulation such as sequential Order, greater or less intensity, limitation in space and so forth.
Which appear there as eternal',-through the Universals. Following up in accordance with.-(2298)
Thus, it has been explained in detail that, if on account of their being eternal and all-pervading, Letters cannot have any Order, eto, by themselves,
-even so, all this Order, etc., really belonging to the manifesting Articulations, become attributed to the Letters and thereby become contributories to the comprehension of the meaning of the Word).-Now the Mimāmsaka proceeds to set forth another view, under which the said distinctions of Order, ete. really belong to Time, of which the Articulations are only the qualifying adjuncts; and these being perceived in the Letters, become contributories to the comprehension of the meaning.--
TEXT (2299). "The Order OF THE LETTERS, AS ALSO THE SHORTNESS, LENGTH AND PROLONGATION, —ALL THESE ARE ONLY DISTINCTIONS OR DIVISIONS OF TIME ; AND THEY COME TO BE BECOGNISED AS CONDITIONED (OR AFFECTED BY THE ARTICULATIONS."—[Shlokavārtika
ETERNALITY OF WORDS, 302].—(2299)
COMMENTARY.
The compound 'dhvanyupādhayah' is to be expounded as The distinotions of Time which have the manifesting Articulations for their qualification':-(2299)
Says the Opponent-People who have postulated Time have regarded it as one, all-pervading and eternal; as has been declared in the following words:-- Some people regard Time as a substance which is one, eternal and all-pervading, and something quite apart from the operation of modifiable substances':-under the circumstances, how can there be any distinctions (or divisions) of Time ?
The Mimāmsaka's answer to this is as follows: