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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OTHER FORMS AND MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE.
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TEXTS (1528-1530).
" HAVING SEEN THE Cow, WHEN THE MAN GOES TO THE FOREST AND SEES THE Gavaya, BEARING A MANIFOLD COMMONALTY (SIMILITUDE, TO THE Cow) IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE BODY, BUT WITH ROUNDED NECK (NOT WITH THE DEWLAP); THE FIRST COGNITION THAT HE HAS OF THE Gavaya is ONE THAT APPREHENDS ONLY ITS SHAPE ; AND THIS COGNITION IS PURELY perceptional. THE COGNITION THAT FOLLOWS IS IN THE MORE DETERMINATE FORM- THE SHAPE OF THIS ANIMAL IS SIMILAR TO THE Cow's'; AND THIS ALSO COMES ABOUT ONLY WHEN THE OPERATION OF THE SENSES IS THERE; SO THAT THIS ALSO IS REGARDED TO BE perceptional."
-(1528-1530)
COMMENTARY
Having seen the Cow previously, the man, later on, goes to the forest and sees the Gavaya,-of what sort ?-bearing a manifold commonauty in several parts of the body,-i.e. he thinks that many parts of its body are similar,—but with a rounded neck-i.e. without the dewlap (which is the distinctive feature of the Cow),--then the first cognition that appears is of the non-conceptual (non-determinate) kind, which apprehends only the general shape of the Gavayrı; and this Cognition is pure Perception. That cognition also which appears later on,-in the form this animal is similar to the Cow which is more specifically conceptual, is also pure Perception; as it is brought about by the operation of the senses.-(1528-1530)
The following might be urged against the above-The cognition that appears is through Remembrance, as envisaging the similarity, and not through the operation of the senses':
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (1531).
" THOUGH THE SAID COGNITION APPEARS ON THE remembrance OF THE
Cow,--YET, ON ACCOUNT OF SUBSISTING IN THE Gavaya, THERE IS PROXIMITY (OF THE similarity, TO THE SENSES), AND HENCE IT WOULD BE WITHIN REACH OF THE
SENSES."-(1531)
COMMENTARY.
Though it is true that the said cognition apprehending the similarity follows after the Remembrance (of the Cow), yet, because as residing in the