Tattva Sangraha Vol 2

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

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TATTVASANGRAKA: CHAPTER XIX.
TEXTS (1578-1580).
IT HAS BEEN PROVED THAT THE RELATION HAS NO EXISTENCE APART
YROM THE RELATIVES ON THE PREVIOUS OCCASION, AT THE TIME OF THE CONVENTION, THE NAME WAS PERCEIVED BY AUDITORY PERCEPTION AND LATER ON THE ANIMAL STANDING BEFORE THE MAN IS SEEN WITH THE EYE ;-APART FROM THESE TWO ALREADY THUS COGNISED, ANY MINGLING UP OF THE TWO COULD NOT BE VALID COGNITION. BECAUSE ANY OTHER COGNITION COULD ONLY RECAPITULATE WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY COGNISED; AS IN THE CASE OF THE NOTIONS OF FRAGRANT ' AND 'SWEET '--THUS THE NOTION OF THE CONNECTION OF THE NAME CANNOT ESCAPE FROM BEING OF THE NATURE OF REMEMBRANCE.- (1578-1580)
COMMENTARY.
What is meant is that the Cognition in question cannot be valid, as it apprehends what has been already apprehended.
It has been proved'-in course of our examination of the Category of Quality.
The following might be urged "The two Relatives may have been cognised by auditory and other perceptions; it is the commingling of the two that is done by Analogical Cognition ; and it is in this commingling thnt lies the validity of Analogical Cognition ".
The answer to this is- Apart from these two, etc. etc.
*As in the case of the notions, etc. etc. --The affix 'vati' luas the force of the Locative. The sense is that there are such notions as 'This thing that I have perceived is fragrant and sweet, where there is a commingling of things already apprehended, which are not regarded as valid ;* so would the Cognition in Question also be.
"Tat-Thus, therefore. Namayoga, etc. the cognition of the connection of the Name. Can escape, etc. etc.'-as already explained.-(1678-1580)
The following might be urged :-"The connection of the Name is no. where created through similarity; what happens is that when the thing named is perceived, it is pointed out that this is the Cow', which is the form given to the Convention; nothing like this happens when the thing concerned is not perceived at all ".
The answer to this is as follows: