Verse 812

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

एवमेकान्ततो भिन्नजातिरेषा निराकृता ।
जैमिनीयाभ्युपेता तु स्याद्वादे प्रतिषेत्स्यते ॥ ८१२ ॥

evamekāntato bhinnajātireṣā nirākṛtā |
jaiminīyābhyupetā tu syādvāde pratiṣetsyate || 812 ||

Thus has been rejected the ‘universal’ as an entirely distinct entity. as regards the ‘universal’ postulated by the followers of Jaimini, that is going to be rejected under the chapter on ‘syādvāda’ (chapter XX).—(812)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text sums up the section—[see verse 812 above]

The ‘Universal’ has been postulated by the Vaiśeṣika and his followers as something entirely distinct from the Individuals; and we have stated the objections against this doctrine. The Jainas and the followers of Jaimini have postulated the ‘Universal’ as non-dijferent from the Individual, and also of both kinds; and this will be examined, in due course, under the Chapter on ‘Syādvāda’; on the present occasion, we had set out to criticise the doctrine of the Nyāya-vaiśeṣika; hence we do not take up the other doctrine, which would be somewhat irrelevant to the Context.—(812)

End of the Examination of the ‘Universal’.