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1. H is to r y o f I n d i a n.j ( i t ^ a t u r e / p p . 4 6 -5 0 .
by Satis^jpndjraTV idyabhusana.
2 . G o ld s tu f k e r ’ s P a n i n i , p . 157.
3. H is to r y o f I n d ia n P h ilo so p h y , p. 279.
4. I b i d , p. 307.
-Jayanta* s Nyaya-ma'Sjari (900 A .D .) i s a n o th e r well-known
*ork commenting a t le n g th on so ® of the s u tr a s o f Gautama.
(iv?-iHotive (Prayojana)
(v> Example ( d r s t a n t a )
(vi) th eo ry (siddhantal
( v i i V f a c t o r s o f I n f e r e n c e (a v a y a v a )
(viii) C o g i t a t i o n ( t arka)
(ix) dem qstrated t r u t h (nirnaya)
(x) d i s c u s s i o n (vada''
(xi) d is p u t a t i o n (jalpa^
( x ii ) w rangling (vitanda)
( x i i i ) F a l l a c i o u s Reasoning (hetvabhasa")
(xiv) quibble (chala)
(xv) fu tile rejoinder (ja ti)
(xvi> g r o u n d o f d e f e a t o r c l i n c h e r ( n i g r a h a s t h a n a )
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A f t e r one ha s a c q u i r e d t e know le dge o f t h e above
t o p i c s o r c a t e g o r i e s o f knowledge t h e wrong n o t i o n ( m i t h y a -
jnana) / c e a s e s , and t h e n d e f e c t s (dosas), activity ( p r a v r t t i ’l
birth (j a n m a ) and p a i n (duhkha) a r e a n n i h i l a t e d and t h i s
a n n i h i l a t i o n le a d s to S a l v a t i o n , th e h i g h e s t good.
T h e r e a r e i n a l l f o u r pramanas ( s o u r c e s of v a l i d
k n o w l e d g e ) a c c o r d i n g t o Gau tam a. They a r e u e r a e p t i o n
/
P e r c e p t i o n i s d e f i n e d as u n c o n t r a d i c t e d d e t e r m i n a t e
k n o w l e d g e , p ro d u c e d by t h e c o n t a c t o f t h e o b j e c t w i t h the
s e n s e - o r g a n and f r e e f r o m v e r b a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n . I n f e r e n c e
is of th re e kinds (i) from cause t o e f f e c t (P urva^aD
(ii) f r o m e f f e c t t o c a u s e ( ^ e s a v a t ) a nd ( i l l ) inference
f r o m common c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s C S a m a n y a t o d r s t a ) . Ana logy i s
t h e knowing o f one t h i n g t h r o u g h k n ow le dge o f i t s r e s e m b -
lanc~ ^ —
v e r b a l te s tim o n y ) (Sabda) .
A f t e r e n u m e r a t i n g and d e f i n i n g t h e p r a m a n a s , Gautama
t u r n s t o t h e p r a m e y a s , w h i c h a r e t w e l v e i n number.
They a r e CD S o u l (atm an )
(ii) body ( ^ a r i r a )
(iii) sense-organs (indriya)
(iv) things or o b je c ts (artha)
(v) a p p r e h e n s i o n (b u d d h i )
(Vi's mind (manas)
(v iD A ctivity (p ra v rtti)
( v i i i ) d e f e c t ( d o s a ’!)
(ix ) r e b i r t h (p re ty a ^ b h s iv a )
(x) f r u itio n (p la la )
( x i ) p a i n (d u h k h a )
( x i i ) e m a n c i p a t i o n o r u l t i m a t e good. (apavarga'>
T h e re a r e s i x i n d i c a t i o n s o f s o u l . , d e s i r e , a v e r s i o n ,
e f f o r t , p l e a s u r e , p a i n and c o g n i t i o n . The body i s th e
v e h i c l e o f o r g a n i c a c t i o n s , th e s e n s e - o r g a n s and o b j e c t s .
The f i v e s e n s e - o r g a n s a r e p ro d u c e d fro m t h e f i v e m a t e r i a l
s u b s 4' --------
»»^vcx’ , f i r e , a i r and e th e r ^ . S m e ll ( o r o d o u r)
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t a s t e , c o l o u ^ to u c h and sound a r e t b J f i v e ^ q u a l i t i e s o f
t h e s a i d f i v e e l e m e n t s and t h e s e a r e a l s o t h e o b j e c t s o f
th e s e n s e s . A p p r e h e n s io n ( u p a l a b d h i ) ^ c o g n i t i o n ( j n a n a )
and o f B o d y .
D e f e c t s a r e t h o s e w h ic h c a u s e th e a c t i v i t y o f man
to w a rd s v i r t u e s o r v i c e s . R e b i r t h c o n s i s t s i n b e in g b o r n
1. cf. imdwf-c i N .S . 1 . 1 . 1 6 .
again, fruit is something produced by activity and defect.
and demonstrated truth are then defined and here ends the
first Ahnika (Daily Portion or Section) of the first
Adhyaya.
Then f o l l o w s th e q u e s t i o n o f th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f t h e
d e f i n i t i o n o f p e r c e p t i o n * D i s c u s s i n g r w-f e e-h , Gautama w h ile
s, i ns. 2 .1 .8 .
1
I n ohe l a s t p o r t i o n o f th e t h i r d A dhyaya we f i n d
s e v e r a l p r o o f s to th e e f f e c t t h a t t h e body i s fo rm ed
2
u n d e r th e in f lu e n c e o f a d r s t a .
T h is p o r t i o n d e a l s w i t h th e f o l l o w i n g t h e o r i e s : ^
tfea4i)the t h i n g s o f t h e w o rld a r e p r o d u c e d o u t o f Sunya
1 . NS. 3 . 2 . 5 6 ,
NS. 3 . 2 . 5 9 .
ajqfacf& rW TSiTO T!
2. c f . 3 . ^2. 6^-72.
t h e w o r ld i s t h e r e s u l t o f c h a n c e 5( i v ) fea-fc a l l
t h i n g s a r e n o n - e t e r n a l , ( v l ttea$ a l l t h i n g s a r e e t e r n a l ,
The sec o n d A h n ik a c o n t a i n s a s h o r t d i s c u s s i o n r e g a r d i n g
t h e way i n w h ich e g o ism c e a s e s v i a . w i t h th e p i s e o f the
t r u e k n o w led g e o f t h e c a u s e s o f d e f e c t s o f t h e n a t u r e o f
p a s s i o n a t e a t t a c h m e n t t o t h i n g s and o b s e s s i o n w i t h them .
The v iew o f th e N i h i l i s t s t h a t # a l l t h i n g s a r e n o n - e x i s t e n t " '
is th en in c id e n t~ a lly re fu te d ; and so a l s o t h e t h e o r y o f
t h e I d e a l i s t Bauddhas d e n y in g t h e e x t e r n a l w o r l d . The p r o c e s s
o f th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f t r u e know ledge i s t h e n d e a l t * w i t h
i n c i d e n t a l m e n tio n b e in g made o f Yoga a s a means o f r i g h t
( t r u e ’s k n o w le d g e .
The w h o le o f th e f i f t h d d h y a y a t r e a t s d i f f e r e n t k i n d s
of f u t i l e (-R e jo in d e rs ( J a tiA and g ro u n d s o f d e f e a t '(ifig r a h a
sth a n a ).
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n .
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We t h u s see t h a t t h e c h a p t e r s on P r a m ln a s o r means
o f k n o w led g e (and m a tte rs? c o n n e c te d w i t h th e m ) , and
P ram ey as o r o b j e c t s o f know ledge com prehend m ost o f t h e
p h i l o s o p h y o f G au tam a. H ow ever, as P r o f . Max M u lle r
re m a rk s : "! Nor i s l o g i c th e s o le o r c h i e f e n d o f G a u ta m a 's
p h ilo so p h y . I t s c h ie f end; lik e t h a t of th e o th e r d a r /a n a s
i s s a l v a t i o n w h ic h i s p ro m is e d t o a l l " ' . B u t in asQ nuch as
Nyaya i s "! a r e a l i s t i c p h i l o s o p h y b a s e d m a in ly on l o g i c a l
2
g r o u n d s / ' 123, ^ i t i n t r o d u c e s t h e s o u r c e s o f t r u e know ledge
and d e a l s w i t h them l o g i c a l l y d e p i c t i n g t h e s e i n severy
m in u te p-oj-niH details.
I n o r d e r t o g e t a c q u a i n t e d w i t h G a u ta m a 's p h i l o s o p h i c a l
v ie w s, i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o s tu d y c a r e f u l l y h i s d e t a i l e d
tre a tm e n t of so u l, th e f i r s t and f o r e m o s t o f t h e tw e lv e
p ram ey as ( o b j e c t s o f knowledge'* .
l!!T h e re a r e " ’,
as i s n o te d by C h a t t e r j e e and D a t t a ,
3
f o u r v ie w s o f t h e s e l f ( s o u l ) i n I n d i a n p h i l o s o p h y " . The
C a r v a k a s h av e a m a t e r i a l i s t i c c o n c e p t i o n o f th e s e l f and
-tut
in t h e i r v ie w _ ,^ S e lf i s t h e l i v i n g body w i t h i t s co n sc io u sn ess.
of the soul.
The q u e s t i o n a r i s e s : ^ I s th e s o u l (w hich i s s p o k e n
of as ' I ' ) only, an a g g r e g a t e o f feody, th e s e n s e - o r g a n s ,
t h e i M i n d , th e I n t e l l e c t and S & r-satio n s ? Or i s i t s o m e th in g
d i f f e r e n t fro m t h e s e ?
I n f a c t , i t o f t e n h a p p en s t h a t one t h i n g , h a v in g b e e n
a p p re h e n d e d by s i g h t , t h a t same t h i n g i s a p p r e h e n d e d by
to u c h a l s o , and t h e p e r c e i v e r h a s th e i d e a i n h i s mind
thvat t h a t t h i n g w h ic h I saw w i t h ny e y e s , I now t o u c h
l. i NS. 1 . 1 . 1 1
w ith th e organ of to u c h ”;! or t h a t w hich I touched w ith '
the organ of to u ch , I now see i t w ith my e y e s”', which
means t h a t the l a t e r id e a re c o g n ise s or r e c a l l s the
two p e rc e p tio n s as apprehending one and th e same o b je c t
as 1
and faaSJing belonging to one and th e same a g e n t. This
a g en t cannot be an A ggregate (composed of the feodv and
th e Sense -organs) , or the S^ense—
organs • Hence the agent
i s som ething e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t from th e com posite o r th e
S e n se -o rg a n s and t h i s i s th e s o u l.
1. I - NS. 3 . 1 . 1 .
2. ^ ifrx ^ T l HTcRfTHTsrpg i “N S. 3 . 1 . « .
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w ith the r e s u l t s , would not be t h a t by whom the k i l l i n g
1
was done. Thus, the doer and the e x p e rie n c e r o f r e s u l t s
being e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t , i t comes to t h i s t h a t the one
who d id the a c t becomes d is s o c ia te d from what i t d id and
from i t s consequences, while the one who did not perform
2
the a c t becomes saddled w ith the a c t and i t s r e s u l t s . And
i f the said ‘Creature* i s one th a t is l i a b l e to b i r t h and
d e s t r u c t i o n , the b i r t h o f such a c re a tu re would not be
diie to i t s p a s t a c t io n s , and t h i s would mean t h a t th e re
could be no p©int i n leading the l i f e , of a ’ r e l i g io u s
s tu d e n t' (brahmacaryavasa) f o r th e purposes of r e le a s e
3
from b i r t h and r e b i r t h .
- Ibid.
5
in another Sense-organ ( than the one that brought about
1
the preceding perception^. So also, since there is
recognition with the other Eye of what has been seen with
the left Eye, in the form: "T see now what I had cognised
eternal or or non-eternal.
3 . , v . . . sm'^T^ipr f^ig
Introductory NB. on 3. 1. 18.
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And t h i s s o u l must e x i s t even a f t e r t h e p e r i s h i n g
o f t h i s body. B ec a u se , the new -born i n f a n t e x p e r i e n c e s
j o y , f e a r and s o rro w , w hich co u ld f o ll o w o n ly from th e
c o n t i n u i t y of remembrance of what has b e en r e p e a t e d l y
gone th r o u g h b e f o r e . Such c o n tin u ity o f remembrance
c o u ld not b u t be due to p r e v io u s r e p e a t e d e x p e r i e n c e ,
w hich i s p o s s i b l e on ly d u rin g a p r e v io u s l i f e , , So t h a t
from a l l t h i s , i t i s p ro v ed t h a t a f t e r th e d e s t r u c t i o n
of t h a t p r e v io u s body, t h e s o u l c o n tin u e d t o e x i s t .
1. i 'J v j i n I
—
NS. 3 . 1 . I S .
2. feriTxT'^rnefcrTg i
-NS. 3. 1. 21
fro m t h e b r e a s t , . And. i t roust be th e |3sme s o u l t h a t c o n t i n u e s
to e x i s t , evenjafter th e p e r is h in g o f th e fo rm er body.
And a l s o , th e e t e r n i t y of' t h e s o u l i s p ro v e d b e c a u s e
1
p e r s o n s f r e e fro m l o n g i n g ! a r e n e v e r fo u n d t o be b o r n . When
a p e rso n is born, he i s b o r n as b e s e t w i t h l o n g i n g s , t h i s
l o n g i n g c o u l d be due o n ly t o t h e r e c a l l i n g - e J ^ i n d o f t h i n g s
p r e v i o u s l y e x p d r i e n c e d and t h i s 'p r e v io u s e x p e r ie n c e ' of
th in g s i n a p re c ed in g l i f e c o u ld n o t be p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t a
b o d y , Hence w hat h a p p en s i s t h a t th e s o u l , rem em bering t h e
t h i n g s e x p e r i e n c e d and fo u n d p l e a s a n t by him i n h i s p r e v i o u s
body comes t o ' l o n g ' f o r th e m . T h e re a r e s i m i l a r l i n k s
b e tw e e n h i s p r e v i o u s l i f e and h i s l i f e p r e c e d i n g t h a t , and
The N y iy a a c c e p t s d i f f e r e n t s o u l s i n d i f f e r e n t b o d i e s .
W h e th e r t h e body, w h ich i s t h e r e s e p t a c l e o f t h e H o u l ’ s
e x p e rie n c e s o f p le a s u r e and p a in | i s fo rm e d due t o m a n 's
1. | NS. 3 . 1 . 2 4 .
independently.
NS. 3.2.60.
a r e p roduced w ith o u t s e e d s , w h ile th e body i s always
p ro d u c e d .fro m seed i n th e form of b lo o d , semen, e t c . o f
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th e m o t h e r - f a t h e r . And what b rin g a b o u t th e b i r t h of th e
feody o u t of th e m a t e r i a l s u b s ta n c e s i n t h e m o th e r 's womb
a r e ( i ) t h a t 'Karman' o f - p e r s o n h i m s e l f , which i s conducive
t o th e e x p e r i e n c e s t o be gone th ro u g h by him i n th e m o th e r 's
womb, and ( i i ’) th e gKarman* of the p a r e n t s w hich i s conducive
1
t o th e e x p e r i e n c e s r e s u l t i n g from t h e b i r t h o f th e c h i l d .
and connects that body with that soul. And also, the
Body being produced. And they hold that .just as the dark
(by the Unseen of the Atoms) would not appear again after
1
final Release.
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But this would involve the accusing of what is not
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earned because in the g-os-
it-ten mentioned above, one would
acts which would lead to the same, and then this would be
i. i - ns . 3 . 2. 71.
O t ''■"n ___ | r q Q p 7 9
We perceive that the pleasure or pain experienced by
SO
each individual soul is distinct. It would not be s«e4i if
V O tA J L
there would,be no speciality in the cause. In fact, if
1. 6 f . NB on 3. 2. 78.
be entirely useless.
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the same in connection with invisible things also, Ihat
+o scty
is£in the case of the clay etc., we find that the presence
atoms therein are rearranged. The new effect and its inherent
_ OMA.
The cause (karma) is that which invariably and necess