Tattva Sangraha Vol 1

SR No.: 007608
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 753
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 42 MB

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EXAMINATION OF THE IMPORT OF WORDS.
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TEXTS (1003-1004). ALL THESE ARE WRONG VIEWS BASED UPON IGNORANCE OF WHAT IS MEANT BY THEA poha, NEGATION, OF OTHER THINGS PEOPLE WHO ARE THEMSELVES DAMNED DAMN OTHERS ALSO.-AS A MATTER OF FACT, A poha IS OF TWO KINDS DUE TO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN-(1) Paryudāsa (RELATIVE NEGATION, CONTRADISTINCTION, EXCLUSION) AND (2) Nişēdha (ABSOLUTE NEGATION, DENIAL, PROHIBITION) Paryudāsa AGAIN IS OF TWO KINDS -(a) DUE TO DIFFERENCE OF Conception (IDEA), AND (6) DUE TO DIFFERENCE OF CONCEPT (OBJECT).
(1003-1004)
COMMENTARY. Due to difference, etc. etc. .e. because there is Relative Negation and Absolute Negation, there are two kinds of Apoha, Negation.
Due to difference in Conception, etc. etc. i.e. due to difference of the nature of the Conception, and due to difference of the nature of the Concept. Of these the nature of Conception consists in the appearance of cognition of several things in one comprehensive form ;-and the nature of Concept consists in the nature of the object, as contradistinguished from unlike objects, i.e. in the form of Specific Individuality'; and the two kinds of Paryudisa are based upon difference of these two;- such is the sense of the compound.-(1003-1004)
The following Text points out the form of Negation (Paryudas, Exclusion) in the form of Conception
TEXTS (1005-1006). IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION (TEXT 723) THAT THINGS LIKE THE Haritaki AND OTHER THINGS, THOUGH DISTINCT FROM ONE ANOTHER, BECOME THE BASIS OF UNITARY CONCEPTION. Ox THE BASIS OF SUCH THINGS, THERE APPEARS A reflection IN THE DETERMINATE COGNITION, WHICH REFLECTION IS DEFINITELY APPREHENDED (CONCEIVED OF) AS 'OBJECTS, EVEN THOUGH THE OBJECTIVE CHARACTER IS ABSENT IN IT. (AND IT IS THIS CONCEPTION OF THE REFLECTED IMAGE THAT
IS CALLED ' Apoha').-(1005-1006)
COMMENTARY. On a previous occasion '--.e, in the chapter on the examination of the 'Universal', under Text 723 et seq. It has been explained there that,