Book Title: Tattva Kaumudi
Author(s): Oriental Book Agency Poona
Publisher: Oriental Book Agency Poona

View full book text
Previous | Next

Page 194
________________ 54 TATTVA-KAUMUDI [X Vild ( constituent ) atoms.* And in as much as all the Manifest along with its properties, being produced out of the Manifest what is the use of postulating an Unmanifest, an imperceptible Entity ( in the form of Nature ? )" We reply-- Karika XV (1) Because of the finite nature of specific objects, (11) because of homogeneity, (111) because Reply-we must postulate an Un- of evolution being due to the efficiency manifested Reali- of the cause, (iv) because of separation ty-reasons given between cause and its product, and because of the merging of the whole world (of effects ), --there is the Unmanifest as the cause ( next Karikā). (112) “Of specific objects" i. e., of the products in the shape of the Great Principle and the First proof of the existence of rest--the cause, root-cause is the UnmaniPraksti. Since fest (Nature ). Why so ?-(iv) “because tion of cause and ord of the separation between the cause and effect effect, and reunion and because of the merging of the whole of the whole Universe Universe";-It has been established that the effect is already existent in its cause ; the there 28 separa # The atomic theory of Kanada and Gautama may be thus summed up-In the beginning there existed only atoms of various substances (Earth. Water, Fire and Air ) besides, of course, Akās'a, etc., which are in themselves eternal. These various atoms were respectively en. dued with four different sets of properties, latter'y perceived in their compounds By some agency or other mainly that of Adrsta, the Unseen ( Fate )--all homogeneous atoms combine, one with one, into couples and thus form binary compounds, which latter again combining in the same manner, but three at a time, give rise to tertiary com. pounds, and so on to the various objects of perception. These atoms are declared to be without extension in space, or else, they could not be permanent But as far as I know, no Navyāyika has even yet tried to show how two things devoid of extension, can combine point which affords the strongest handle to Sankarācārya in his refutation of the atomic theory. See s'āriraka-Bhasya on the Brahma-Sutras II 11-12-17.

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329