Nyāya Sūtras 295
Nyāyabhāṣya 295
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- Sanskrit
295.2
asaṅkhyeyeṣu jñānakāriteṣu saṃskāreṣu smṛtihetuṣv ātmasamaveteṣv ātmamanasoś ca sannikarṣe samāne smṛtihetau sati na kāraṇasyāyaugapadyam astīti yugapat smṛtayaḥ prādurbhaveyuḥ yadi buddhir ātmaguṇaḥ syād iti/ tatra kaścit sannikarṣasyāyaugapadyam upapādayiṣyann āha ---
If cognition were a quality of the self, then, since countless memory-causing latent impressions produced by cognitions inhere in the self, and since the contact between the self and the mind is identical as a cause of memory, there would be no non-simultaneity of the cause, and memories would arise simultaneously. In this regard, someone seeking to establish the non-simultaneity of contact says:
295.3
jñānasamavetātmapradeśasannikarṣān manasaḥ smṛtyutpatter na yugapadutpattiḥ ||
Memory does not arise simultaneously because it arises from the contact of the mind with a region of the self in which cognition inheres.
295.4
jñānasādhanaḥ saṃskāro jñānam ity ucyate jñānasaṃskṛtair ātmapradeśaiḥ paryāyeṇa manaḥ sannikṛṣyate/ ātmamanaḥsannikarṣāt smṛtayo 'pi paryāyeṇa bhavantīti//25//
A latent impression produced by cognition is called 'cognition'; the mind comes into contact successively with regions of the self impregnated with cognitions. Because of the contact of the self and the mind, memories too occur successively. ||25
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyālaṃkāra — Abhayatilaka, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit