Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.12
Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha 16.12
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16.12
naitat sādhu/ na hi sārūpyanibandhanāḥ sarve vibhramā iti vyāptir asti/ asarūpād api kāmādeḥ kāntāliṅganādiṣv iva svapnavibhramasyopalambhāt/ kiṃ ca kādācitke vibhrame sārūpyāpekṣā nānādyavidyānibandhane prapañce/ tad avocad ācāryavācaspatiḥ :
this is not sound. For there is no pervasion to the effect that all illusions are caused by resemblance, since illusory dreams are experienced, such as embracing a beloved woman, arising even from desire and the like which bear no resemblance [to them]. Moreover, resemblance is required in an occasional illusion, not in the phenomenal world whose cause is beginningless nescience. So said the venerable master Vācaspati:
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