An English translation with sanskrit text of the Yogasara-sangraha / translated by Gangânâtha Jha.

  • Vijnanabhiksu
Date:
1894
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Credit: An English translation with sanskrit text of the Yogasara-sangraha / translated by Gangânâtha Jha. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Intellect alone;—because, as will explained here¬ after, they are perceptible to the Intellect alone. To these latter is given the name Sphota, because they disclose or bring ont (i. e. denote) objects (tbeir mean¬ ings). Such a word {Sphota) is different from the letters as severally uttered by the sense of speech:— because each letter lasting only for an instant, there can be no unision of these, and so we could not get at what we call a “ word ”, and as such the utter¬ ance could not point to any object (as its denota¬ tion) [if we did not assume this Sphota, a name applicable to the word as a whole, apart from the letters constituting it]. This Sphota is brought about by a single exertion of a particular kind (on the part of the Agent) ; for if many exertions were required for the utterance, we could not call it one tool'd, and it would not be able to denote its mean¬ ing. The disclose!’ or mauifester of this Sphota is the cognition of the last letter as characterised (preceded) by a particular series (of letters). For the following reason also is the Intellect said to be the only cogniser of Sphota : The cognition of the particular order of letters being possible only by the Intellect, it is much simpler to attribute the agency of the dis¬ closure of the Sphota word to the cognition of the said series than to any other agency; because of the relation of co-extensiveuess (between tbe cog¬ nition of tlie Sphota word and that of the parti¬ cular order of letters). It is for tliis reason that tbe c'ignition of Sphota is not i)ossiblc by means of the ear : because it is
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