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 DEFINITION OF " SENSE-PERCEPTION
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TEXT (1228).
IT IS TRUE THAT WHAT THE PROFESSOR OF THE SCIENCE OF REASONING HAS SAID IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POPULAR IDEA OF THINGS; AS IT IS ONLY ON THESE LINES THAT VERBAL USAGE ACTUALLY
PROCEEDS.(1228)
COMMENTARY.
On these lines': .e. under the fiveiold division of Proper Name, Universal, Quality, Action and Substantive.-(1228)
Says the Opponent-"If what is meant by Dinnāga, is the 'Kalpana', Conceptual Content, as understood by the Buddhists themselves, then how is it that, having asserted that others have held that things are denoted by words which have no corresponding objects', he has, later on, stated his own view of 'Kalpanā,"
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (1229)
The said 'Universal' and the rest are nothing different from what is known by these words among people ;-IT WAS WITH A VIEW TO EMPHASISE THIS FACT, THAT THE STATEMENT OTHERS
ETC. HAS BEEN MADE.-(1229)
COMMENTARY
What is meant is as follows:-As a matter of fact, anything in the shape of the Universal, as apart from the Individuals-spotted cow and the like-has no real existence, it is all purely illusory it is with a view to emphasise this fact that the Teacher has made the assertion in question, and not with a view to indicate a separate kind of . Kalpand!
Others'-other Buddhists.
Words which have no corresponding objects'.-i.e. words which denote only Apona, independently of any such things as Universal' and the rest.
Such is the meaning of the passage quoted from the Teacher's work. (1229)
It is not only we who regard the Conceptual Content as 'Idea associated with words, in fact, others also have got to accept it as such ; otherwise there would be no usage in the world.-This is what is shown in the following