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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TEXT (2521).
WHY IS IT THAT THE SAID LIGHT DOES NOT ATTRACT PIECES OF WOOD AND OTHER THINGS WHICH COME INTO CONTACT WITH IT ?-IF IT IS SAID THAT “IT DOES NOT DO SO BECAUSE ITS CAPACITY IS RESTRICTED", THEN THE SAME MAY BE SAID REGARDING
THE CASE OF NON-CONTACT ' ALSO.-(2521)
COMMENTARY.
The same contingency is equally possible under the view that there is actual contact :- Why is it that the Light emanating from the Magnet does not attract all those things, wood-pieces and the like, that happen to be in contact with it?
If the answer is that-" The said contingency does not arise as the capacity of things is restricted”,--then the same may be said under the view that there is no contact in such cases; who has deprived things of their capacity,-by virtue of which the same is not admitted in this case ?
Hence it follows that the assumption of the invisible rays of Light is futile.-(2521)
It has been argued by the Mināmsaka, under Text 2175, that-"For them, the absence of contact being equally present in the case of distant and near sounds, the apprehension and non-apprehension by people far and near would be equally possible, and there could be no order of sequence".
The answer to that is as follows:
TEXT (2522).
As A MATTER OF FACT, THE APPREHENSION BY MEN FAR, MIDWAY AND NEAR IS NOT IN ANY ORDER OF SEQUENCE AT ALL; AS IN ALL CASES THE COGNITION IS PRODUCED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE USE (UTTERANCE OF THE WORD
SOUND).- (2522)
COMMENTARY.
Successive Apprehension is not admitted, because the Cognitions of all men appear simultaneously.-(2522)
It has been argued under the same Text (2175) that-"the greater and lesser intensity of Sounds would not be possible".
The answer to that is as follows: