________________
EXAMINATION OF THE DEFINITION OF
SENSE-PERCEPTION". 615
feature) that is predicated. [The meaning therefore is—' That Cognition which is free from conceptual content and is not erroneous is Sense-perception') as is found in the case of such expressions as That which shakes is the 4shattha' -The thing defined here is Sense perception; as it is the definition of this that forms the subject matter of the present Context. It is not the definition of freedom from conceptual content and non-erroneousness that is the subject matter of the Context; by virtue of which this latter could be taken as predicated in the sentence.
The Cognition has not been mentioned, because it is already implied in the negation of Conceptual Content'; just as in the case of the sentence
Bring the mileh one without the calf, where the cow is not mentioned, as it is already implied by the negation of the calf.
Question :-*What is it that is meant hy the term Conceptual Content' ('Kalpana'), freedom from which serves as the differentia of Sense-perception ?
Answer Conceptual Content is idea associated with verbal expression
Question: "Is that Kalpanā also to be admitted, against which, in the character of being the basis of verbal expression, Sharkarasvāmin and others have urged objections in great detail ?"
Answer :-No; it is not the basis of verbal expression ;-regarded as '-- this has to be taken as understood. Hence the objections that have been urged on that score are not applicable to our view ; because we do not accept that view.
Kirpti' is verbal expression (being spoken of', being named "): and the basis for such expression consists of the Universal, the Name and so forth: since there can be no speaking of things without such distinguishing features as consist of the Universal, etc.
The term *adi (etcetera)—in the text is meant to include such characteristics as Doubt and Deliberation, as leading to association with words etc., and also the Assumption of the apprehender and the apprehended and so forth.
* Abhilūpa'-is expressive word; and it is in a generic form; that Idea which appears as associated with that word is called abh ilapini':-(1214)
Question :-"How is it known that there is such an Idea (or Cognition)?" Ansler
TEXT (1215).
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE COGNITION THAT IS CAPABLE OF CONNECTING THE THING AND THE WORD ALWAYS APPEARS AS associated with verbal expression (words),-EVEN WHEN THE WORDS
LIKE 'TRER' AND THE LIKE-ARE NOT
ACTUALLY USED.-(1215)
COMMENTARY The construction may be as- even when the words like tree, etc. are not used '; -or as which is capable of connecting the thing and the word, in the shape of tree, etc.'.
