Book 8 Chapter 1 - Of Presentative Cognition
Chapter 1 of Book 8 in the Vaisheshika Sutras from Wisdom Library.
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+ Add ShlokaSūtra 8.1.1 (Cognition explained by allusion to III.i.2, 18)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.1
द्रव्येषु ज्ञानं व्याख्यातम् ॥ ८.१.१ ॥
dravyeṣu jñānaṃ vyākhyātam || 8.1.1 ||
Cognition (has been) explained among Substance.
Sūtra 8.1.2 (Soul, Mind, Ether, Time, Space, Air and Ultimate Atoms...)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.2
तत्रात्मा मनश्चाप्रत्यक्षे ॥ ८.१.२ ॥
tatrātmā manaścāpratyakṣe || 8.1.2 ||
Among Substances, the Soul, the Mind and other ara not objects of perception.
Sūtra 8.1.3 (Cognition, how produced)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.3
ज्ञाननिर्देशे ज्ञाननिष्पत्तिविधिरुक्तः ॥ ८.१.३ ॥
jñānanirdeśe jñānaniṣpattividhiruktaḥ || 8.1.3 ||
The mode of the production of Cognition is being described, in connection with the differentiation of a particular Cognition.
Sūtra 8.1.4 (Substance is the cause of cognition of Attributes and Actions)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.4
गुणकर्मसु सन्निकृष्टेषु ज्ञाननिष्पत्तेः द्रव्यं कारणम् ॥ ८.१.४ ॥
guṇakarmasu sannikṛṣṭeṣu jñānaniṣpatteḥ dravyaṃ kāraṇam || 8.1.4 ||
Substance is the cause of the production of cognition, where Attributes and Actions are in contact (with the senses).
Sūtra 8.1.5 (Substance is the cause of cognition of Genus and Species also)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.5
सामान्यविशेषेषु सामान्यविशेषाभावात् तदेव ज्ञानम् ॥ ८.१.५ ॥
sāmānyaviśeṣeṣu sāmānyaviśeṣābhāvāt tadeva jñānam || 8.1.5 ||
In consequence of the non-existence of Genus and Species in genera and species, cognition (of them) is due to that alone.
Sūtra 8.1.6 (Genus and Species are causes of...)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.6
सामान्यविशेषापेक्षं द्रव्यगुणकर्मसु ॥ ८.१.६ ॥
sāmānyaviśeṣāpekṣaṃ dravyaguṇakarmasu || 8.1.6 ||
(Cognition which is produced) in respect of Substance, Attributes and Action, (is) dependent upon genus and species.
Sūtra 8.1.7 (Substance, Attiribute and Action are causes of...)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.7
द्रव्ये द्रव्यगुणकर्मापेक्षम् ॥ ८.१.७ ॥
dravye dravyaguṇakarmāpekṣam || 8.1.7 ||
(Cognition), in the case of Substance, (is) dependent upon Substance, Attribute and Action.
Sūtra 8.1.8 (Attribute and Action are not causes of...)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.8
गुणकर्मसु गुणकर्माभावात् गुणकर्मापेक्षं न विद्यते ॥ ८.१.८ ॥
guṇakarmasu guṇakarmābhāvāt guṇakarmāpekṣaṃ na vidyate || 8.1.8 ||
(Cognition), dependent upon Attribute and Action, doesnot exist in the case of Attributes and Actions, inasmuch as Attribute and Action do not exist in Attribute and Action.
Sūtra 8.1.9 (Combination as well as Attribute is a a use of Cognition)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.9
समवायिनः श्वैत्याच्छ्वैत्य बुद्धेश्च श्वेते बुद्विस्ते एते कार्यकारणभूते ॥ ८.१.९ ॥
samavāyinaḥ śvaityācchvaitya buddheśca śvete budviste ete kāryakāraṇabhūte || 8.1.9 ||
The cognition, (‘It is white’) in respect of a white object, (results) from whiteness of the substance in which combination of whiteness exists, and from the cognition of whiteness. These two, (cognition of white object, and cognition of whiteness), are related as effect and cause.
Sūtra 8.1.10 (Exception to the above)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.10
द्रव्येष्वनितरेतरकारणाः ॥ ८.१.१० ॥
dravyeṣvanitaretarakāraṇāḥ || 8.1.10 ||
In the case of Substances, (cognitions are) not causes of one another.
Sūtra 8.1.11 (The exception explained)
WisdomLib.org (Nandalal Sinha, 1923) · Chapter Vaisheshika Sutras 8.1 · Verse 8.1.11
कारणायौगपद्यात् कारणक्रमाच्च घटपटादिबुद्धीनां क्रमो न हेतुफलभावात् ॥ ८.१.११ ॥
kāraṇāyaugapadyāt kāraṇakramācca ghaṭapaṭādibuddhīnāṃ kramo na hetuphalabhāvāt || 8.1.11 ||
The sequence of the cognition of the water-pot, the cloth, etc., (results) from the sequence of their causes, due to the nonsimultaneity of the causes, and not in consequence of the relation of cause and effect (among the cognitions.)—320.