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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EXAMINATION OF THE PERSON OF SUPER-NORMAL VISION'. 1393
Says tho Mimūmsaka's Opponent :-All that is cognisable is included under the five things, Colour (Taste, Odour, Touch and Speech); and men who know all these are well known; hence the Mimāmsaka's Proposition that there is no one who knows all things is contrary to ordinary experience".
The Mimümsaka's answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (3128). " ALL THAT IS PERTINENT TO THE PRESENT CONTEXT IS THE DENIAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF Dharma (BY MAN); WHO IS DENYING THE POSSIBILITY OF A PERSON KNOWING OTHER THINGS?"
-(3128)
COMMENTARY. "In the present context, which deals with the question of the Reliability of the Veda, all that is meant by us is the donial of the existence of any person who knows all things relating to Dharma, not the denial of the person knowing all things that are included under the denotation of the term 'all'. Thus if people apply the term omniscient' (all-knowing) to a certain person, in the sense that he knows all things except Dharma and Adharma,—we do not deny this; hence our Proposition does not run counter to ordinary experience".-(3128)
"Further, if you Buddhists also urge, against us, the possibility of regarding, as 'all-knowing, the man who knows all things except Dharma and Adharma,—then that is entirely superfluous. This is what is pointed out in the following
TEXT (3129). " IN EVERY CASE, THE TERM "ALL' IS USED IN REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT ; HENCE IF THERE IS A PERSON KNOWING all things RELATING TO A CERTAIN CONTEXT, --WHAT HARM DOES THAT DO
TO OUR POSITION ? "-(3129)
COMMENTARY. Question What is that 'all' that relates to the present context ? Answer:
TEXT (3130). “THERE ARE CERTAIN EFFECTS (SPOKEN OF) WHICH, IF FOUND IMPOSSIBLE IN RELATION TO THE OBJECT DENOTED BY THE WORD, ARE APPLIED TO THE WORD ITSELF ; HENCE THE MAN WHO
KNOWS THE word ' ALL', MAY BE CALLED "all-KNOWING' IN NAME."-(3130)
COMMENTARY. "For example, in Grammar, we find such assertions as agnērdrl' and so forth which lay own such effects as the addition of certain affixes ;