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the nature of Consciousness, (d) because they are very quickly destructible,(e) because tluy leave impressions, -- because they are cognitions, just like the cognition of other persons ;-the Jar and other things serving as the Corroborative Instance per dissimilarity."
The import of this comprehensive argument the Author sets forth (from the Nyāyi-standpoint) in the following Text :
TEXT (177).
"MY COGNITIONS ARE APPREHENDED BY A COONISER DISTINCT FROM MY BODY, ETC. BECAUSE THEY ARE COGNITIONS, -LIKE COONITIONS
OTHER THAN MINE.-(177)
COMMENTARY
in the phrase "body, ele.', the 'etc. includes the Intelleet, Sense organs and Feelings. Because they are cognitions, this also is only illustrative; the other reasons also are meant.--uch as having their origin dependent upon their own causes and the rest (mentioned in the aforesaid compre. hensive statement).-(177)
Sharikarasvāmin (an old Nyāya-writer) proves the existence of the Soul in another manner :-"Desire and the rest must subsist in something.because, while being entities, they are effects,-like Oolour, ote". This argument is set forth in the following Text:
TEXTS (178-179).
"ALL SUCH THINGS AS DESIRE AND THE REST MUST SUBSIST IN SOME
THING ; BECAUSE WHILE BEING ENTITIES, THEY ARE EFFECTS, LIKE COLOUR. THIS SOMETHING IS THE SPIRIT (SOUL). THE PRESENCE OF THE QUALIFYING PHRASE WHILE BEING ENTITIES' SAVES THE ARGUMENT FROM BEING * UNTRUE' (FALLIBLE), IN EBOARD TO DESTRUCTION: BECAUSE THOUGH DESTRUCTION IS AN EFFECT (HAS A CAUSE), YET IT IS NOT AN
* ENTITY""-(178-179)
COMMENTARY
The words the presence of the qualifying phrase, etc. serves to show the use of the phrase while being an entity':-(178-179)
Udd yotakara, on the other hand, seeks to prove the existence of the Soul in the following manner :-[The words here are almost an exact
