Argument
IPVV — V2-F ARGUMENT MAP (the pañcamo vimarśa: the other-minds inference, and the refutation of the external, kārikā 6)
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Question. Can one infer *another's* mind (paracitta) from its uttered appearances — e.g. infer Maitra's intent from his speech or action? The Buddhist (Vijñānavādin) thinks the other-stream can be inferred. Abhinavagupta shows it cannot: only the *aimed* (samīhita) action is the wish's effect, and the other-stream, being other, cannot be established by the mere utterance (which could belong to anything). This leads into kārikā 6 — the appearances alone suffice for dealing, and the external object (whole or atom) is refuted.
Issue. **The question:** Can one infer *another's* mind (paracitta) from its uttered appearances — e.g. infer
Maitra's intent from his speech or action? The Buddhist (Vijñānavādin) thinks the other-stream can be
inferred. Abhinavagupta shows it cannot: only the *aimed* (samīhita) action is the wish's effect, and
the other-stream, being other, cannot be established by the mere utterance (which could belong to
anything). This leads into kārikā 6 — the appearances alone suffice for dealing, and the external object
(whole or atom) is refuted.
Premises
The candana/agni analogy
As, when one wishes to infer the fire in the sandalwood, if the sandalwood's fragrance of the smoke is
set aside, only the fire in general is established, not the sandalwood-fire: the distinction (the
sandalwood-fragrance-ness of the smoke) must be accepted — for without it the desired (the
sandalwood-fire) is not established. But the other-stream is not established without the "being-gone-to-
the-other" (the paragatatva, the first-person-related distinction) — which cannot be inferred. The
"being-gone-to-the-other" is not the non-establishedness-of-the-desired's-cause (the kāraṇa); it is the
opposed (the kāraṇa-viruddha-upalabdhi). As the sandalwood-fragrance is not a further distinction of the
sandalwood (not resting apart from it), so the specific is that which rests apart from the othe
Unresolved. 1. The "sāmānyaviśeṣavyavahāra" (the universal-particular dealing) and the cow/speckled co-reference —
the grammar; preserved.
2. The "piśācaprāya" (the piśāca-like) example — the aimed action of the other; kept close.
Tension: IPVV-buddhist-co-opting
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