Vaisesika Vakya And Bhasya

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Author: Johannes Bronkhorst
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BRONKHORST : The Vaiseșika Vakya and Bhāşya
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yathā caturvidham parimāņam utpădyam uktväha nityam parimaņ.. dalam ity evam anyatarakarmajādisaryogam utpădyam uktvā prthan nityam brüyāt / na tv evam abravit / tasmān nästy ajaḥ samyogah /
Before we turn to the last and most important unacknowledged quotation from the Katandi, we briefly consider what may be the only acknowledged quotation from that work in the Padārthadharmasangraha. It is contained in the following passage (Kip: 235, N p. 239, tr. Jhā p. 509-510):
nanu cāyami visesah 'samśayahetur abhihitaḥ sästre 'tulyajātlyeşv arthāntarabhutesu (ca) viśezasyobhayathā drsțatvād' (VS 2. 2. 26 ) iti, na, anyārthatvāt /
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$abde visesadarśanāt samsayānutpattir ity ukte, nāyam dravyādinām anyatamasya višeşah syāc chrāvaratvani kintu sāmānyam eva sampadyate kasmāt / rulyajātiyeșy arthantarabhūteņu dravyādibhedänām ekaikaŝo višesasyobhayathā di statvād ity uktam (v. 1. ukte), na samśayakaranam / anyathā $utsv api padarthcsu samśnyaprasangät / tasmāt samanyapratyaksād (v. 1. - pratyayad ) cva sansaya iti /
Objection: A specific feature ( visesa ) is stated to be a cause of doubt in the Sastra ( in sutra 2. 2. 26 ) :'[With regard to sound there is doubt whether it is a substance, an action, or a quality, 315 because its specific feature (viz., audibility) is found both in objects) that have the same universal, and in other objects.'
[Reply:] (This is not correct), for the sūtra ] has to be interpreted differently. (A specific feature can not be a cause of doubt, ( for the following reason:] Having stated : No doubt arises in the case of sound, for we know its specific feature, it is then stated : Audibility is not the specific feature of any one of the categories ) substance etc. It is, on the contrary, common ( 10 these ). Why? Because in each of the categories ) substance etc., we find the specific feature, both in objects that have the same universal and in other objects. If it were otherwise, there would be doubt even in the case of the six categories. For this reason doubt can come about on the basis of perception of a general feature only.
It is conceivable that Prasastapāda quotes here from another work the words reproduced in italics, and perhaps also the two concluding sentences of this
16 This translates the preceding sutra 2. 2. 25: tasmin dravya din karma guna iti sa risayah.