Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Excerpt from The Vaiseshika Aphorisms of Kanada: With Comments From the Upaskara of Sankara-Misra and the Vivritti of Jaya-Narayana Tarkapanchanana
The attainment of paradise by merit is with visible means, while the attainment of liberation is by means of knowledge of the truth consequently there is a distinction. V.
He proceeds to remove the doubt, What proof is there of the existence of] merit and of its being the means of attaining to knowledge of the truth &c. If you say, the Veda, we reply not so, for the authority of that is doubted, and accordingly an apho rism of Aksha-charana says, That veda] is unauthoritative being vitiated by falsity, self-contradictoriness, and repetition. V.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.