Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 2.2.3, English translation, including commentaries such as the Upaskara of Shankara Mishra, the Vivriti of Jayanarayana-Tarkapanchanana and the Bhashya of Chandrakanta. The Vaisheshika Sutras teaches the science freedom (moksha-shastra) and the various aspects of the soul (eg., it's nature, suffering and rebirth under the law of karma). This is sutra 3 (‘heat may be essential or accidental’) contained in Chapter 2—Of the Five Bhutas, Time, and Space—of Book II (of substances).
Sūtra 2.2.3 (Heat may be essential or accidental)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 2.2.3:
एतेनोष्णता व्याख्याता ॥ २.२.३ ॥
etenoṣṇatā vyākhyātā || 2.2.3 ||
etena—by this; uṣṇatā—Hotness; Warmth. vyākhyātā—explained.
3. By this hotness is explained.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
Extending the mode of establishing Smell as an essential Attribute, to Hotness also, which is the characteristic of Fire, he says:
[Read sūtra 2.2.3 above]
This extension or analogy should be understood also in the case of coldness, etc., which are the characteristics of Water, etc.—3.