Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c7.78
Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c7.78
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c7.78
(108) The criticism of the Nyāya account of perception proceeds on similar lines. The author takes up the definition of perception as given kalpanājñānam, nirviṣayam vā? Tad yadı saviṣayam sat kalpanājñānam, tad ayuktam, guṇacalanajātyādijanyatve'pi na kalpanātvam arthasāmarthyasamudbhavatvasyānatıvṛtteḥ Atha nirviṣayam sat kalpanā tadā nirviṣayatvam eva kalpanātve kāraṇam na guṇacalanajātyādiviśeṣaṇajanyatvam; yadī ca tan nirviṣayam, tadā na kalpanājñānam, nāpyakalpanājñānam, jñānamātratā syāt, jñānātmatayā ca kalpanātve sarvaṃ jñānaṃ, kalpanājñānaṃ syāt