Jayanta on the Buddhist Definition of Perception

Jayanta first presents the Buddhist's case on the question of perception and then refutes it. On the Buddhist's showing perception is that type of cognition which is devoid of all thought and is non-illusory; Jayanta finds fault with both these elements of the definition but his discussion is largely concerned with the first. Kalpana (vikalpa)

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शाह जयंत भट्ट की 'न्यायमंजरी' के उस प्रसंग का अनुसरण करते हैं जिसमें वे बौद्धों की प्रत्यक्ष-परिभाषा का खंडन करते हैं कि प्रत्यक्ष निर्विकल्प और अभ्रांत ज्ञान है। जयंत पूछते हैं कि वर्तमान वस्तु को ग्रहण करने वाली कल्पना प्रमाण क्यों नहीं, और सविकल्पक प्रत्यक्ष की रक्षा करते हैं। Shah follows Jayanta Bhatta's refutation, in the Nyayamanjari, of the Buddhist definition of perception as cognition free of thought and non-illusory. He presses the Buddhist on why kalpana, which grasps a present object, is denied the standing of pramana, and defends determinate perception.

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