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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER XVIII.
TEXTS (1422-1423).
THE BLOOMING AND THE REST, WHEN PRODUCED, ARE PRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME AS, AND FROM THE SAME PARTICULAR CAUSES AS, THE SAID (MOON-RISE, etc.). SO THAT HERE WE DO HAVE THE INFERENCE OF THE CAUSE FROM THN EFFECT. IF THERE WERE NO SUCH STRIOT RELATIONSHIP, THEN EVERYTHING COULD BE INFERRED FROM EVERYTHING.
-1422-1423)
COMMENTARY
When the said Blooming and the rest-Blooming of the Lily, Rise of the Ses and the Blooming of tho Lotus and the Shadow and Smoke are pro. duced, -in what way 1-ot the same time as the said Moon rise, Sun-light and the Half-burnt Wood-piece, which are known to be the effects of the same Causes; that is to say, that which is the cause of the Moon rise, etc., which appear at the same time as the Blooming of the Lily and other phenomena, becomes also the auxiliary cause in the bringing about of the Blooming of the Lily, etc. the said Moon-rise, etc., while leading to the inference of their own causes, lead to the inierence also of the effects appearing at the same time, in the form of the Blooming of the Lily, etc.; and they do not do this directly. In this way, the Probans in the case in question is one based upon the character of the Effect!
That this is so has to be admitted : because if the Probans were to lead to the inference of things without some such relationship, then they might lead to the inference of anything and everything; because the absence of relationship would be equally present in all things. Hence in the cases in question also, some sort of relationship has to be pointed out, and this relationship can only be one of Cause and Effect as just explained-(1422-1423)
Question :-"What sort of relationship is there between the Proximity of the Rohini-asterism and the Rise of the Kristika-asterism?" Answer:
TEXTS (1424-1425).
A PECULIAR ATMOSPHERIC CURRENT IS THE CAUSE OF THE Rise of the Kyttika-asterism; THAT SAME, IN CONTINUATION, ALSO BECOMES THE CAUSE OF TAE Proximity of the Rohini-Asterism. HENCE ITS COGNITION TS HELD TO BE DUE TO THE COGNITION OF THAT ; AND THERE IS NO OTHER COGNITION OF IT
WHICH IS INDEPENDENT.—(1424-1425)
COMMENTARY
Prabhañjana'-is Air-current.
Here also there is Inference from a particular Probans which is dependent upon the same auxiliary circumstances. This has been this declared
