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"THE REVEALED WORD.”
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Sound also; there is no definite cognition of the exact position". (SQ. 1. 1. 15; Translation, pp. 35-36).
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXTS (2595-2599).
THE IDEA THAT APPEARS IN MEN AS TO THE SUN BEING OVER MY HEAD
IS SURELY WRONG; BECAUSE ALL LIVING BEINGS SEE THE SAME SUN AT THE SAME TIME, AND NOT DIFFERENT SUNS; BECAUSE IN REALITY NO SECOND SOLAR DISO EXISTS; IF IT EXISTED, IT WOULD SURELY BE SEEN, AND YET IT IS NOT SEEN; HENCE IT IS DEFINITELY CONCLUDED THAT ONLY ONE SUN EXISTS.- AS REGARDS THE WORD-SOUND, HOWEVER, IT HAS NEVER BEEN DEFINITELY ASCERTAINED TO BE ONE AND THE SAME ; BECAUSE WHETHER APPEARING IN SUCCESSION OR SIMULTANEOUSLY IT IS CLEARLY CHARACTERISED BY MULTIPLICITY. EVEN WHEN SPEAKERS PRONOUNCE THE LETTER
GA' AT ONE AND THE SAME TIME, THE DIFFERENCE AMONG THEM IS CLEARLY APPREHENDED.—(2595-2599)
COMMENTARY.
If the second solar Disc existed, it would be perceptible; but it is never perceived; hence it follows with certainty that it is one only; hence the idea that 'the sun is above me' is held to be wrong.
The one-ness of the Word-Sound, however, is not recognised in this manner; by virtue of which the idea of its being present in several places might be regarded as wrong. It is only when such one-ness is established that the idea of the said presence could be wrong. But that one-ness itself has not been established.
Solar disc'.-The term 'rāvam' is made up of the noun "ravi 'with the 'am' affix.
Says the Opponent:-" The one-ness of the Word-Sound has certainly been definitely established throngh Recognition ".
The answer to this is- It has never been definitely ascertained, etc. etc. 'That is to say, the validity of Recognition as a means of Right Cognition has been already rejected.
The words ' even when, etc. etc. explain that even when the appearance is simultaneous, there is multiplicity.
* Clearly because all details regarding swiftness, middling and slow, etc. etc. are clearly perceived.-(2595-2599)
The following Text shows that there is diversity also when the letter is pronounced in succession :
| SR No. | 007609 |
| Book Title | Tattva Sangraha Vol 2 |
| 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 |