Contentness

A cardinal tenet of Navya-nyāya system is that every cognition (jñāna) must have viṣayatā (contentness). […] The definition implies that contentness as the relational abstract is abstracted from the content (viṣaya) of a cognition (jñāna).

The definition of the effectness, as proposed by the Prācyas, is too narrow to cover such non-produced effects as the contentness of the pot etc. in the context of knowing, desiring etc. For instance, consider the contentness in the context of the statement ‘Caitra knows the pot’ (ghaṭam jānāti caitrah).

One fact should remain true throughout this entire experience, as the list of items that cause you to have frayed edges decreases then the anatomy evaluation next time should reflect at step or two closer to our goal of getting you to that place you are working so well to reach and that’s’ the feeling of contentness. […] Should you try to find personal contentness with another friend, working as a team so to speak ... but still have your own personal goals? […] Personal contentness as we have stated is a place in YOUR mind that has found peace, it is a mood, a feeling, and it can be shared but it has to be originated from within YOU.

In the case of a true cognition the complex contentness resides in the object which corresponds to the complex content of a cognition, but in the case of a false cognition the complex contentness does not reside in the complex object corresponding to the […]

Historically, the notion in China that “a scholar would rather be killed than humiliated” displays a type of value orientation and action choice that shows the tension between the existence of emotional manifestations and contentness. Being humiliated means that the individual has lost their dignity or honor, which is also at odds with rational contentness.