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the mistake of thinking that Sankara-one of
the mightiest intellects born among men-would
commit such a blunder as Colonel Jacob has the
courage to impute to him. Col. Jacob gives
two instances of what
consistencies". His
Sutras 11 and 12 of the
As regards Sutra 12
alternative lay between
he calls "Sankara's in-
first has reference to
Sutras of Vyasa 1. 1.
he says :-" Here the
and another, and
the latter being finally rejected the former is of
course accepted, as in all similar cases. Therefore
the expression
dhantin as the equivalent of
must be used by the Sid-
. In i. 1, 11,how-
ever we find that
is only :, &c."-Col.
Jacob forgets that Sankara uses the word para-
matma to mean both the conditioned Brahman
(Isvara) and the unconditioned Brahman. We
must decide from the context which he has in
view. This remark applies to the other so-called
inconsistencies of Sankara due to the interchange
of terms which are pointed out later on by Col.
Jacob. Secondly, in i. 1, 12, the Paramatma
referred to is Isvara or Saguna-Brahman, for
Sankara first intreprets all the Sutras of the
Adhikarana according to the views of the Vritti-
the mistake of thinking that Sankara-one of
the mightiest intellects born among men-would
commit such a blunder as Colonel Jacob has the
courage to impute to him. Col. Jacob gives
two instances of what
consistencies". His
Sutras 11 and 12 of the
As regards Sutra 12
alternative lay between
he calls "Sankara's in-
first has reference to
Sutras of Vyasa 1. 1.
he says :-" Here the
and another, and
the latter being finally rejected the former is of
course accepted, as in all similar cases. Therefore
the expression
dhantin as the equivalent of
must be used by the Sid-
. In i. 1, 11,how-
ever we find that
is only :, &c."-Col.
Jacob forgets that Sankara uses the word para-
matma to mean both the conditioned Brahman
(Isvara) and the unconditioned Brahman. We
must decide from the context which he has in
view. This remark applies to the other so-called
inconsistencies of Sankara due to the interchange
of terms which are pointed out later on by Col.
Jacob. Secondly, in i. 1, 12, the Paramatma
referred to is Isvara or Saguna-Brahman, for
Sankara first intreprets all the Sutras of the
Adhikarana according to the views of the Vritti-