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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water ;-the face reflected in the mirror is perceived as facing the west ;and in water, as being far off ; similarly in such reflecting media as the Bright Sword and the like, the Reflected Image appears in varying degrees of length, etc, in accordance with the nature of the reflecting medium; and yet the object reflected does not possess the varying length, etc. Thus then, the idea that the cognition of the Reflected Image envisages something different from the Reflected object, cannot be 'inadmissible':-(2588-2590)
In the following Text, the author refutes the charge of Inconclusiveness against his Reason:
TEXT (2591).
IF, EVEN WHEN WHAT APPEARS IN THE COGNITION IS SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE OBJECT, IT BE REGARDED AS THE COGNITION OF THAT OBJECT, THEN ALL COGNITIONS OF COLOUR, SOUND
AND OTHER THINGS, WOULD ENVISAGE ALL THINGS.- (2591)
COMMENTARY.
That all cognitions would have all things for their object is the Reason that serves to annul the conclusion of the other party.-(2591)
It has been argued by the Mimāmsala in Text 2218 that-"When the eye is slightly pressed by the finger, even a single object is perceived as diverse, because of the diversity in the functioning of the eye,-the same thing happens in the case in question also ".
This also is discarded by what has been said above.
TEXT (2592).
WHEN THE EYE IS SLIGHTLY PRESSED BY THE FINGER, IF A SINGLE OBJECT IS PERCEIVED AS DIVERSE, THAT ALSO IS PURE ILLUSION,
ENTIRELY BASELESS. (2592)
COMMENTARY.
It has been argued by the Mimâmsaka under the Text 2225, that "Even granting that the Reflected Image really exists in the different places,--there can be no plurality, etc. etc.".
The answer to this is as follows: