Comparative Study of Indian Science

Author(s): Harisatya Bhattacharya
Publisher: C S Mallinath

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absolute and authoritative truths, the validity of which cannot be challenged.
7. Smriti. . . Smriti or Smarena is Recollection and Recognition. · According to Kanada, “Recollection is due to a
peculiar Contact of the Soul with the mind and to the Trace (left on the Mind by a previous percept)" (Vide 9. 2. 6. Vaiseshika-Sutras):" In 3–2-44 Gautama describes Attention etc. as the causes of Recollection. Reference to Smriti is made in 42 and 43, Pradhanakaryadhyaya, Sankhya-Sutras and in 6 and li, Samadhi-pada Yoga-Sutras. The theory of the orthodox schools of Indian philosophy about Recollection is that it is a faculty consisting in mentally reviving an object of perception, the revival being possible through the persistence of Traces left in the Mind by the former perception and through some suggestion being made towards its revival. The Jaina account of Smarana iş as follows 3" Recollection (or Recognition) consists in a knowledge of the form, "This is That,' ils object being an object previously perceived and now' mentally revived through Traces (left in the mind)" (Vadi-deva.)