The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Unknown
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[FOOTNOTE 22:1. In agreement with the use made of this passage by the
Purvapakshin, vijnana must here be understood in the sense of avidya. Vijnanasabdena vividham jnayate-neneti karanavyutpattya-vidya-bhidhiyate. Sru. Pra.] [FOOTNOTE 25:1. The distinction is illustrated by the different views Perception and Inference cause us to take of the nature of the flame of the lamp. To Perception the flame, as long as it burns, seems one and the same: but on the ground of the observation that the different particles of the wick and the oil are consumed in succession, we infer that there are many distinct flames succeeding one another. And we accept the Inference as valid, and as sublating or refuting the immediate perception, because the perceived oneness of the flame admits of being accounted for 'otherwise,' viz. on the ground of the many distinct flames originating in such rapid succession that the eye mistakes them for one. The inference on the other hand does not admit of being explained in another way.] [FOOTNOTE 26:1. The reference is to the point discussed Pu. Mi. Su. VI, 5, 54 (Jaim. Nya. Mala Vistara, p. 285).] [FOOTNOTE 27:1. The texts which deny all qualities of Brahman are later in order than the texts which refer to Brahman as qualified, because denial presupposes that which is to be denied.] [FOOTNOTE 27:2. The unity of purport of the sentence is inferred from its constituent words having the same case-ending.] [FOOTNOTE 30:1. The theory here referred to is held by some of the Mimamsakas. The imperative forms of the verb have their primary meaning, |
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