Aptamimansa

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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Aptamīmāṁsā
If oneness (ekatva) is denied absolutely, phenomena like series of successive events (santāna) become untenable:
संतानः समुदायश्च साधर्म्यं च निरंकुशः ।
प्रेत्यभावश्च तत्सर्वं न स्यादेकत्वनिह्नवे ॥२९॥ सामान्यार्थ - एकत्व के अभाव में (यदि एकत्व का सर्वथा लोप किया जाए) जो सन्तान, समुदाय, साधर्म्य और प्रेत्यभाव निरंकुश हैं (निर्बाध रूप से माने जाते हैं) उन सब का भी अभाव हो जायेगा।
If the reality of oneness (ekatva) – different units of a substance forming a composite - is absolutely denied (and thus subscribing to the doctrine of absolute separateness) then authentic phenomena like series of successive events (santāna), aggregate of qualities in a single object (samudāya), similarity between two objects (sādharmya), and birth following death or transmigration (pretyabhāva), would become untenable.
The Buddhists do not accept oneness (ekatva) – they subscribe to the doctrine of momentariness (kşaņikatva) – but believe in the four phenomena mentioned in the verse.
The term 'series of successive events' (santāna) is used by the Buddhist maintainers of momentariness to account for the continuity constituting the substance. However, just as the tree has no existence without the root, the above mentioned four phenomena cannot exist without accepting the reality of oneness (ekatva).
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