Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary
by Nandalal Sinha | 1923 | 149,770 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The Vaisheshika-sutra 7.1.20, 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 0 (‘eternal measure or extension is called parimandala’) contained in Chapter 1—Of Colour, Taste, Smell, and Touch, and Magnitude—of Book VII (of the examination of attributes and of combination).
Sūtra 7.1.20 (Eternal Measure or Extension is called Parimaṇḍala)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of Vaiśeṣika sūtra 7.1.20:
नित्यं परिमण्डलम् ॥ ७.१.२० ॥
nityaṃ parimaṇḍalam || 7.1.20 ||
nityaṃ—eternal; parimaṇḍalam—parimaṇḍala, the allround, or the spherical; Measure or Extension of the ultimate atom.
20. Parimaṇḍala is eternal.
Commentary: The Upaskāra of Śaṅkara Miśra:
(English rendering of Śaṅkara Miśra’s commentary called Upaskāra from the 15th century)
He states the name by which the Measure or Extension of the ultimate atom is denoted in the Vaiśeṣika system:—
[Read sūtra 7.1.20 above]
Pārimaṇḍalya [pārimaṇḍalyam] has the same denotation as ‘Parimaṇḍala’ [parimaṇḍalaṃ], So it has been said, “Elsewhere than in Pārimaṇḍalya, etc.”—20.