総体と結合――ジャヤンタ・バッタのプラマーナ論を中心に――

抄録

Jayanta Bhaṭṭa, a Kashmirian Nyāya scholar, uses the two terms “totality” (sāmagrī) and “connection” (saṃsarga/saṃsṛṣṭi) to establish his new definition of pramāṇa and respond to the refutations of opponents in the first chapter of his Nyāyamañjarī. As Marui (2014) has suggested, Jayanta’s new definition of pramāṇa being a totality differs conspicuously from the traditional ones given by Naiyāyika scholars. The two terms are actually keywords to understand Jayanta’s new theory in a clearer way. This paper tries to determine the difference between the two terms by analyzing several key passages where they occur. The conclusion is that the term totality is used to describe the state of assemblage or aggregate which possesses pre-eminence (atiśaya) with regard to its constituents, while connection is a kind of mutual relation among the constituents of a totality, which possess expectancy with regard to a result not belonging to the same totality.