Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 2.2.4, 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 4 (‘heat is essential in fire’) contained in Chapter 2—Of the Five Bhutas, Time, and Space—of Book II (of substances).
Sūtra 2.2.4 (Heat is essential in Fire)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 2.2.4:
तेजस उष्णता ॥ २.२.४ ॥
tejasa uṣṇatā || 2.2.4 ||
tejasaḥ—of Fire; uṣṇatā—Hotness.
4. Hotness (is the charateristic) of Fire.—83.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
He examines the characteristic of Fire:
[Read sūtra 2.2.4 above]
The meaning is that natural or essential Hotness is the characteristic of Fire. Colour, white and luminous, is also implied.—4.