Verse 1498

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

तस्मादननुमानत्वं शाब्दे प्रत्यक्षवद्भवेत् ।
त्रैरूप्यरहितत्वेन तादृग्विषयवर्जनात् ॥ १४९८ ॥

tasmādananumānatvaṃ śābde pratyakṣavadbhavet |
trairūpyarahitatvena tādṛgviṣayavarjanāt || 1498 ||

Thus the verbal cognition is not-inference—because it is devoid of the three features;—like sense-perception;—as is shown by the absence of an object like that.”—(1498)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Recapitulating the arguments, the Opponent formulates his case as follows:—[see verse 1498 above]

“The Proposition of his Reasoning is—‘The Verbal Cognition is not-Inference;’—‘because it is devoid of the three features’ is the statement of the Probans (Minor Premiss);—‘like Sense-perception’ is the Corroborative Instance.—And ‘as is shown by the absence of an object like that’ is said in support of the Minor Premiss; what is meant by this is that the object of the Inference brought about by the Inferential Indicative like Smoke is the Subject as endowed with the particular property (Probandum),—and any such object is absent in the case of Verbal Cognition.”—(1498)