Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c14.69

c14.69

² Tajjassa ti tadanurūpassa, i e tajja- means appropriate to it, MA II 229. Sarathchandra says that 'samannāhāro' here can refer to either 'an automatic act of sensory attention' or a 'deliberate act directed by interest' (*v. op cit*, p 21). He prefers the former and adds that 'the Sanskrit is preserving the original meaning of the term' (*op cit*, p 22) but the Śālistamba Sūtra (quoted by him) merely has 'tajja- manasikāram pratītya', i e on account of the reflection resulting from it (*v.* ed N. A Śāstri, Adyar, 1950, p 15; cp. Mādhyamaka Vṛtti, ed. Poussin, p. 567.