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eminently concise and vague that I find it
impossible to decide which of the two com-
mentators is to be accepted as a trustworthy
guide." We do not, therefore, propose to offer
any remarks here. It is strange, however, that,
having used the strong word "impossible",
Dr. Thibaut should proceed to state with an
emphasis and assurance for which he offers no
justification that so much is certain that none
of the Sutras decidedly favours the interpreta-
tion proposed by Sankara." It is enough that
Sankara's interpretation is justifiable and not
contradicted by what precedes or follows, or by
the general trend of his Vedic doctrine.
The next reference-and the last made by
Dr. Thibaut in this connection-is to Sutra iii, 2.
The word Maya occurs in this Sutra, and is
applied to the illusory perceptions of the dream-
state. Dr. Thibaut remarks that even if we
accept Sankara's own interpretation" of Maya
as unsubstantial illusion,"-" the Sutra proves
that Badarayana did not hold the doctrine of
the illusory character of the world, or that, if
after all he did hold the doctrine, he used the
eminently concise and vague that I find it
impossible to decide which of the two com-
mentators is to be accepted as a trustworthy
guide." We do not, therefore, propose to offer
any remarks here. It is strange, however, that,
having used the strong word "impossible",
Dr. Thibaut should proceed to state with an
emphasis and assurance for which he offers no
justification that so much is certain that none
of the Sutras decidedly favours the interpreta-
tion proposed by Sankara." It is enough that
Sankara's interpretation is justifiable and not
contradicted by what precedes or follows, or by
the general trend of his Vedic doctrine.
The next reference-and the last made by
Dr. Thibaut in this connection-is to Sutra iii, 2.
The word Maya occurs in this Sutra, and is
applied to the illusory perceptions of the dream-
state. Dr. Thibaut remarks that even if we
accept Sankara's own interpretation" of Maya
as unsubstantial illusion,"-" the Sutra proves
that Badarayana did not hold the doctrine of
the illusory character of the world, or that, if
after all he did hold the doctrine, he used the