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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XVII.
Inference-these he has mentioned as having the Semblance of Perception, which shows that the definition intended by him was that it is free from Conceptual Content and is not incongruent with the real state of things. He has also included the taimiram (among the Semblances of Perception), where timira (Darkness) stands for ignorance-as found in such expressions as Timiraghnancha mandānām': and that which proceeds from T'imiraIgnorance-is 'Taimira', i.e. incongruent.-(1324)
The answer to the above is provided in the following
TEXTS (1325-1326)
THIS CANNOT BE RIGHT. THE EFFECTIVE ACTION AVAILABLE IS NOT
IN KEEPING WITH THE PORM APPREHENDED. OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE INCONGRUITIES; AS IN THE COGNITION WHERE THERE IS APPEARANCE OF THE Hair AND SUCH THINGS, THERE IS COMPATIBILITY, THOUGH ONLY WITH THE LIGHT (WHICH IS NOT APPREHENDED) AND OTHER DETAILS; HENCE THB VALIDITY OF THIS WOULD BE IRRESISTIBLE (UNDER THE OPPONENT'S VIEW).
-(1325-1326)
COMMENTARY
The validity of a cognition is of two kinds-(1) when there is com. patibility with the appearance, and (2) when there is compatibility with the Apprehension. In the case in question of the idea of the yellow conch. shell '), the absence of incongruence Wi.e. compatibility)-is not in accord. ance with the appearance, as what appears-what is apparent–is the yellow conch-shell ; and yet what is found (on touching) is not the yellow thing; nor is its compatibility in accordance with the apprehension, because it is the yellow thing itself that is apprehended as capable of a particular fruitful activity; and yet no fruitful activity in that form is actually found.-Nor can there be validity even when there is compatibility with what is not apprehended at all; as that would lead to absurdity; as in the case of the cognition of the Hair-tuft also, what is actually got at ig only the light (whose reflections create the impression of the Hair-tuft).-(1325-1326)
If you think that "though the apprehended Colour is not obtained, yet the shape is certainly obtained "-then our answer is as follows:
