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""""iooTHE DOCTRINE OF MAYAsargika) ; its cause is a wrong perception ; l itsbeingis a wrong conception. 2Now we proceed to an examination of some ofthe typical passages 3in Saiikara which sum up hiswhole position with respect to Maya.One of the most important passages, which sumsup Sarikara s view, viz., Brahman alone is the reality"4(" Brahmavyatirekena karyajatasyabhavah and)is found in his commentary on ii. i. 14 tadananyatvam("arambhanasabdadibhyah ")runs thusThe effect is this manifold world consisting ofether and so on ;the cause is the highest Brahman.Qf the effect it is understood that in reality it isnon-different from the cause, i.e., has no existenceOn account ofapart from the cause. How so ? "the scriptural word origin (arambhana and")others." The word arambhana is used in connexion with a simile, in a passage undertaking toshow how through the knowledge of one thing everything is known, viz., Chand. Up. vi. i. "4 As, O:good one by one clod of clay all that is made of!clay is known, the modification beingj a name merely1 Cf. Ibid. p. 9. 3.It is mithya-jnana-nimitta.""2mithya-pratyaya-rupa," p. 21. 7. See Deussen,System, ch. ii.3In going through the whole book, the passages whichappeared to be typical on this point are found in the commentary on i. i. 9, i. i. 20, i. 3. 19, i. 4.3, i. 4. 6, ii. i. 14,ii. i. 31, ii. i. 33, ii. 2. 2, ii. 2. 4, ii. 2. 7, ii. 2. 9.4 Veddntasutras with Stinkard sCommentary, Bibl, Ind.,Calcutta, 1863, vol. i. p. 444,11, 11-12,