Study of Tattvarthasutra with Bhasya

Author(s): Suzuko Ohira
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Part 2 Rules of atomic combination
-V: 34 (35) 'guna-sāmye sadṛśānām
Ta theory of atomic combination is treated in V:32-36 (33-37) as follows:
32 (33) snigdha-rūkṣatvād-bandhaḥ
33 (34) na jaghanya-guṇānām
34 (35) guna-samye sadṛśānām
35 (36) dvy-adhikādi-guṇānām tu
36
bandhe samadhikau pärinämikau
(37) bandhe adhikau pārināmikau ca
These aphorisms are the same in both recensions of the text with the exception of a slight difference in the case of sutra 36(37). V:33-35(34-36) which lay down the rules of fusion by the degrees of atoms in both similar and dissimilar cases are commonly shared by the two traditions without any alteration in reading, but the concept of these aphorisms elucidated by the commentarial works in the two traditions displays a marked discordance, which is shown in the following table (quoted from Pt. Sukhlalji's Commentary on Tattvärthasutra, p. 217):
Degrees
1. Minimum) + M.
2. M. 1 degree
3. M. 2 degrees
4. M.3 degrees, etc.
5. Non-M. + Non-M. of equal degrees
6. Non-M. + Non-M. of
1 degree
7.
8.
Sv. commentaries similar dissimilar
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sec. 4. MATABHEDAS
Yes
Dig. commentaries similar dissimilar
No
No
No
No
Non-M.Non-M. of
2 degrees
Non-M.Non-M. of 3 degrees, etc.
Yes
Yes
No
No
It is indeed strange that the same aphorisms can impart such a striking disagreement in effect. By examining the possibility and impossibility of combination in all these eight different instances against the rules of atomic combination stated in the sūras 33-35 (34-36), it becomes patent at once that these sutras are in accordance
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
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