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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER TY.
reason for this lies in the fact that the less extensive is invariably concomitant with the more extensive one, because of the two being of the same essence, and the effect is invariably concomitant with the Cause, being produced by this latter. In the case of Proof' and non-existence of a Thing' there can be no co-essentiality, as the two actually appear to be distinct ;-nor oan Proof be the cause of the Thing, as there is no concomitance betweon them; the Thing existing even when the Proof is not thero. For instance, there is nothing incongruous in admitting the existence of Things which are far removed in space and time and character and hence are not within reach of any Proof (Means of Cognition) :-and when a thing can be there even during the absence of another thing, the latter cannot be regarded as the Cause of the former : for if it were, then it would lead to an absurdity. In fact, if the other party were to regard this as a Cause', he would renounce his own position.
Also because it proceeds from that,-Proof cannot be the cause of the Existence of Things. That is, the Proof arises out of the Thing itselfwhich forms its objective, and the cognisable Thing does not arise out of the Proof.-(120)
It might be argued that—"Even though not invariably concomitant, the Proof being absent) may yet preclude the existence of the Thing",The answer to this is provided by the following Text:
TEXT (121).
WHEN A THING IS NEITHER THE ONE NOR THE OTHER, ITS ABSENCE DOES NOT CONCLUSIVELY PRECLUDE THE OTHER THING; BECAUSE
THERE IS NO CONNECTION.-(121)
COMMENTARY Neither the one nor the other, i.e. neither the Carose, nor perursive: -the absence of what is not invariably concomitant cannot rightly be taken as necessarily precluding the other thing; for if it did, it would lead to an absurdity: the absence of the Horse might, in that case, imply the absence of the Cow also.----(121)
TEXT (122).
NON-PERCEPTION' BY ALL PERSONS IS DOUBTFUL; NON-PERCEPTION BY ANY ONE PERSON HIMSELF IS INCONCLUSIVE: AS IT IS FOUND THAT THE GRASS AND OTHER THINGS GROWING IN THE CAVES OF THE Findhya MOUNTAIN DO EXIST, EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE NOT PERCEIVED, -(122)
COMMENTARY Further, when non-apprehension is put forward as the Reason (for non-existence), is it put forward in the form of the absence of perception by
