Tattva Sangraha Vol 2

Author(s): Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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Vol. II. CHAPTER XIX.
Other Forms and Means of Knowledge.
(4)
Verbal Cognition.
COMMENTARY.
The Author now proceeds to show that there are only two Means or Forms of Knowledge, by refuting the various theories regarding their number.
The Opponent (of the Buddhist) urges the following objection:
TEXT (1487). “ INASMUCH AS THERE ARE OTHER MEANS OR FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE,
THE SHAPE OF VERBAL COGNITION AND OTHERS,-WHY HAS THE
DEFINITION OF ONLY TWO SUCH MEANS BEEN PROVIDED ?”
COMMENTARY. What the Opponent means to do by this is (1) to point out that the definition provided is too narrow', and (2) to indicate that what has been asserted (under Text 3) regarding Truth being ascertained by the two Means or Forms of Knowledge' is futile.
The answer to this is provided in the following
TEXT (1488). THE REPLY TO THIS IS AS FOLLOWS :-IN FACT, THERE CANNOT BE ANY FORM OF COGNITION EXCEPT THE TWO (ALREADY DESCRIBED); BECAUSE ALL THE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTULATED EITHER DO NOT POSSESS THE CHARACTER OF THE FORM OF RIGHT COGNITION, OR ARE INCLUDED
IN THESE TWO.(1488)
COMMENTARY.
Included in these ', -i.e. in the two Forms of Cognition already described.