The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha: Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu PhilosophyMadhava
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The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha: Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy
Madhava
Philosophy, Hindu; Philosophy, Indic
Therefore, sometimes the prohibited cases are found, as _káryin_,
_káryika_ [where the affixes are added after a _kṛit_ formation],
_taṇḍulin_, _taṇḍulika_ [where they are added after a word meaning
"genus"]. Hence the prohibition is only general, not absolute, after
_kṛit_ formations and words meaning "genus," and therefore the use of
the affix _ini_ is justified, although the word _anuśaya_ is formed by
a _kṛit_ affix. This doubt therefore is settled.
The fifth "affliction," called "tenacity of mundane existence"
(_abhiniveśa_), is what prevails in the case of all living beings,
from the worm up to the philosopher, springing up daily, without any
immediate cause, in the form of a dread, "May I not be separated from
the body, things sensible, &c.," through the force of the impression
left by the experience of the pain of the deaths which were suffered
in previous lives, this is proved by universal experience, since every
individual has the wish, "May I not cease to be," "May I be." This is
declared in the aphorism, "Tenacity of mundane existence, flowing on
through its own nature, is notorious even in the case of the
philosopher" [ii. 9]. These five, "ignorance," &c., are well known as
the "afflictions" (_kleśa_), since they afflict the soul, as bringing
upon it various mundane troubles.
[We next describe the _karmáśaya_ of ii. 12, the "stock of works" or
"merits" in the mind.] "Works" (_karman_) consist of enjoined or
forbidden actions, as the _jyotishṭoma_ sacrifice, bráhmanicide, &c.
"Stock" (_áśaya_) is the balance of the fruits of previous works,
which lie stored up in the mind in the form of "mental deposits" of
merit or demerit, until they ripen in the individual soul's own
experience as "rank," "years," and "enjoyment" [ii. 13].
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