The purpose of this paper is to clarify the meaning of two terms: sāpekṣa and nirapekṣa (anapekṣa) in the Vaiśeṣikasūtra (VS) 10.7. The clarification is based on the interpretations of the terms in the Vaiśeṣikasūtravṛtti, a commentary on the VS, and by the commentaries on the Padārthadharmasaṃgraha (PDhS) acknowledging its use of the VS 10.7 as the basis of its own view: “conjunction (saṃyoga) is without any requirement, when producing a substance (dravya).”
The terms sāpekṣa and nirapekṣa in the VS 10.7 have been translated by scholars into “those [threads] requiring [conjunction],” and “those [threads] not requiring [conjunction],” respectively. This paper shows that sāpekṣa means those [threads] requiring [action], i.e., a thread requires action as cooperative cause for producing a conjunction with the other threads. Following the conjunction, a product (cloth) is produced. On the other hand, nirapekṣa means those [threads] not requiring cooperative cause except conjunction, i.e., since conjunction has already occurred between the threads, they produce a product (cloth) without any requirement. The interpretation of nirapekṣa presented in this paper becomes suitable as the basis of the view of the PDhS.
目次
1. 問題の所在 1076 2. VS 10.18を根拠とする属性と運動の新造 1076 3. VS 10.7の sāpekṣa と nirapekṣa 1075 4. NK, Kir の解釈 1074 5. 結論 1073
