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Essay name: Sankalpa Suryodaya of Venkatanatha (Critical Study)

Author: R. Laxmi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit

This is an English study of the Sankalpa Suryodaya—an allegorical Sanskrit drama by Venkatanatha, a distinguished philosopher-poet and dramatist of the Vishishtadvaita Vedanta tradition. This work of Venkata-natha (or, Vedanta Deshika). stands out for integrating allegory to convey moral and philosophical truths. The thesis examines its place in Sanskrit literature.

Chapter 5 - Philosophical doctrines

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the reflection. This view goes against the Upanisads. Hence both
Seśvarasāṅkhyas and Yoga stand refuted.
2. Vaiśeṣika School of Kaṇāda :
Next, Vaiśeṣika school of Thought is taken up for exmination. Kaṇāda's
Vaiseṣika Thought accepts the creation of a new object which did not exists before
as pots from mud the followers of Kaṇāda hold that when mud or potsherds are
united to form a pot, the potsherds disappear and a new object i.e. pot is created.
Vedāntins say that pot is only a modification of clay or of the potsherds. This school
applies the casuality to Paramāṇus and rejects Brahman's causality which is
supported by scriptures. Moreover, Kaṇādas school maintains Mokṣa is not
resembelance to the Supreme Being which is blissful. But, according to them
Mokṣa is the attainment of a state similar to that of a stone. Therefore, Kaṇādas
view is defective. Therefore, Kaṇāda system survives only in name.6
3. Buddhistic School of Thought:
Further, the view of Buddhists is refuted. Venkaṭanātha calls these
Buddhists "Vaināsikas, because they hold that there is nothing permanent and that
everything has a momentary existence and perishes afterwards. Of the Buddhists,
Vaibhāśikas hold that the universe has only a momentary existence and
Sautrāntrikas think that the external world preserves only from inference and not for
preception. And the knowledge has different forms. But Yogācāras assert that the
external world is illusory, and the Madhyamikas consider that there is nothing real in
world at all. Thus these different views of differnt Buddhistic schools contradict one
another. When declaring everything is void, Madhyamika is impetuous in his power
of arguing that it is possible to determine the truth of falsehood of anything. It is as
improper as saying ' ' Therefore they stand defeated. Therefore there
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7 असद्द्रव्यसृष्टिप्रभृत्यर्थक्लृप्त्य� श्रुतिप्रक्रियाणामधिक्षेपतश्� �
उलूकोपदेशापदेशप्रवृत्त� कथाशेषितोऽसौ कणादप्रणाद� ||
परस्परविधट्ट� त्रुटिततर्कशस्त्रत्छटातिरस्कृतचमत्कृति� स्वयमखण्डि वैतण्डिक� �
किमत्र परिशिष्यते किमप� दृषणोद्भावनं स्वत� निहतमुद्गरप्रहरणप्रयासायते �
[asaddravyasṛṣṭiprabhṛtyarthaklṛptyā śrutiprakriyāṇāmadhikṣepataśca |
ulūkopadeśāpadeśapravṛtta� kathāśeṣito'sau kaṇādapraṇāda� ||
parasparavidhaṭṭana truṭitatarkaśastratchaṭātiraskṛtacamatkṛti� svayamakhaṇḍi vaitaṇḍika� |
kimatra pariśiṣyate kimapi dṛṣaṇodbhāvana� svato nihatamudgarapraharaṇaprayāsāyate ||
]
S.S. 1 70, p-288
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S.S. II 75, p-294-95
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