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and mere recollection. So recognition is an independent
organ of cognition. 2. It is a pramāna, because it is found indiscrepant in
behaviour. Ācārya Hemacandra says that without accepting the recognition as independent pramāņa (valid organ of cognition) the logical justification of bondage and emancipation would become absolutely impossible. If it is the self same person who suffers from bondage and achieves liberation, it is possible that the person can try to
achieve the joy of freedom.“ 3. Bhatta Akalanka maintains the sequence of recollection,
recognition and inductive reasoning. He says that recognition is the resultant of recollection and inductive reasoning is the resultant of recognition. He tells that the meaning of a word can be known only if the validity of recognition is accepted. Perception is not experienced capable to differentiate between distant and near, short and long etc., only through
recognition we can do so. 5. Vidyānanda says that without the acceptance of
recognition we cannot know that I am the same who was child, teenager, young and adult before and now have become an old man." He says that without accepting its validity of recognition Buddhists would not be able to consider the oneness between two momentary objects or svalakṣana. It is necessary to accept the validity of recognition for the knowledge of similarity also.
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