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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TEXTS (2300-2301).
" TIME IS ONE, ALL-PERVADING AND ETERNAL-AND YET IT IS KNOWN TO BE 'DIVIDED' ALSO, AMONG ALL THINGS JUST LIKE LETTERS; AND IT BECOMES MANIFESTED BY CERTAIN THINGS IN CERTAIN CASES WHEN IT IS MANIFESTED IN CONNECTION WITH LETTERS, IT BECOMES CONTRIBUTORY TO THE act of expressing (OR DENOTING); AND AS IT EXISTS ELSEWHERE ALSO, ITS FORM IS REGARDED AS ETERNAL."-[Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY
OF WORDS, 303-304].-(2300-2301)
COMMENTARY.
Divided also';-the term also goes with all that has gone before it is one also, eternal also, all-pervading also; though it has been misplaced in the Text.
Question :-In what way is it divided'?
Answer: Among all things, like Letters':- What is meant is as follows:-Though the Letter, Ga for instance, is one only and eternal, yet when it comes to be manifested by a particular Articulation at a particular place, then it is known as divided through the divisions of place, eto. ; similarly Tims also : though it pervades over all things, yet when it comes to be mani. fested by a certain action in regard to a certain object, it becomes known as divided' or distinct'; and when it is manifested in connection with Letters, it becomes contributory to the act of expressing.
Question :- If Time is so divided', how is it regarded as eternal and all-pervading?
Answer As it exists, etc. etc. Elsewhere i.e. in Creepers, Leaves of trees and so forth ;-because it exists in these also, its eternality and allpervasiveness become recognised and established.-- Eternality' alone is mentioned in the Teat, by way of illustration.-(2300-2301)
TEXT (2302).
" FROM ALL THIS IT FOLLOWS THAT THERE IS NO SUCH PROPERTY IN WORDS AS IS PERISHABLE ; CONSEQUENTLY IT BECOMES ESTABLISHED THAT THE WORD IS ETERNAL, FOR THOSE WHO UPHOLD THE ETERNALITY OF LETTERS.” [Shlokavārtika
-ETERNALITY OF WORDS, 305).-(2302)
COMMENTARY.
From all this, etc. etc. This sums up the Mināmsaka's own view. "Such property-as Order, etc.-(2302)