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 (2535).
OR, THE AIR IN QUESTION MAY BE BEYOND THE SENSES ; EVEN SO, THERE WOULD BE COGNITION OF THE TANGIBLE (AIR), WHICH IS NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, -RESTING ON THE VARIOUS SUBSTANCES THAT MAY BE IN CONTACT WITH IT ; JUST AS THERE IS
OF OTHER AIRS.-(2535)
COMMENTARY.
Tadyogah-contact with the different air-currents ;-that which has this contact is 'tattadyogin',-i.e. the substances known as "Water',
Fire' and Earth'; and that which is gata-resting, residing in these, is 'tattadyogigata';-.e. the Air resting on Water, Fire and Earth. The compounding is in accordance with Pāṇini's Satra Dviliya-shritā, etc. etc. This compound qualifies' sprastavya'-the tangible Air ;-which is of a nature that is different from hot and cold.-There should be 'vit-Cogni. tion of the said Air.—'Just as there is of other Airs'-ie. of Air other than that within the body of the Speaker, which Air is held (by the Opponent) to be the manifester of the particular Word-Sound. The pati' affix is added to the word ending in the Locative.
What is meant is that there would be cognition of the Air in question, just as there is of the air during winter, carrying with it the coolness of the snows-of that during summer, when all the quarters are filled with the burning rays of the sun,-of that during the season which is neither hot nor cold, which is yet felt by the touch to be cool or warm.—(2635)
In the following Text, the Author anticipates and refutes the Opponent's answer:
TEXTS (2536-2537).
IT MIGHT BE SAID THAT THERE IS NO COGNITION OF THE AIR IN QUESTION BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE TYMPANUM”,-BUT. THEN, HOW IS IT KNOWN THAT IT HAS REACHED THE Akäsha IN THE EAR-FROM ALL THIS IT FOLLOWS THAT ALL THIS ASSUMPTION BY THE VEDIC SCHOLAR IS ABSOLUTELY BASELESS; IT IS NOT AGREEABLE TO THE LEARNED,
AND SHINES ONLY AMONG VEDIO
SCHOLARS.—(2536-2537)
COMMENTARY "Tasya -of the Air.
Ayogah -non-contact, with the tympanum'. The rest is clear.-(2536-2537)
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