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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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXIV.
point in assuming an eternal relationship between Words and Meanings. (2659-2660)
The author again proceeds to point out the futility of the assumption
TEXTS (2661-2662). WHEN THERE IS NEED FOR THE CONVENTION, WHY ARE YOU SEEKING TO BOLSTER UP, WITHOUT REASON, THE RELATIONSHIP' IN THE SHAPE OF THE ETERNAL POTENCY-IN THE MATTER OF EXPRESSING THE MEANING, THERE IS NOT FOUND, APART FROM CoxVENTION, ANY OPERATION OF SUCH A FULL FLEDGED
ENTITY AS THE RELATIONSHIP ',-(2661-2662)
COMMENTARY. If the Relationship, by its mere presence, were the cause of the cognition of the meaning, then, there would be such cognition even in a man who is ignorant of the Convention. Hence the need of Convention must be admitted. That being so, it being admitted that Convention is a means of comprehending the meaning,why is any such thing bolstered up as a full-fledged entity in the shape of the eternal Relationship --without any reason ? Because the function of the Relationship would lie in the bringing about of the com. prehension of the meaning; and if this is brought about by Convention, what is the use of sesuming an eternal Relationship 1-It has also been explained hundreds of times that being eternal, it cannot have any peculiar feature imposed upon it; and hence it cannot need the help of anything else.
If causal efficiency is attributed to a thing which has never been found to be officient, then why cannot it be assumed that on obtaining the Haritaki, the Colestial Beings would have their bowels moved 1-(266) 2662)
In the following text, the author points out again the impossibility of the functioning of the Relationship in question :
TEXT (2663). ANY FUNCTIONING (OF THE RELATIONSHIP) HAS NEVER BEEN PERCEIVED, IN THE ABSENCE OF CONVENTION.-IF IT BE ASSERTED THAT THE RELATIONSHIP PROCEEDS FROM THE CONVENTION, THEN DISASTROUS INDEED WOULD SUCH A REGRESS
BE.-(2663)
COMMENTARY Tasmat stands for the Convention.
'Disastrous, etc. etc.; as there would be an infinite regress involved in the assumption of something as the cause', whose capacity has never been