Consciousness - Is - Not - Eternal.

Consciousness is not eternal. It was maintained by the purvapakshin that as consciousness is self−established it has no antecedent. But this is an attempt to prove something not proved by something else that is equally unproved. Pūrvapakṣa (पूर्वपक्ष) .—lit. the view placed first for consideration which generally is the view of the objector and is generally refuted by the author's view called उत्तरपक्ष (uttarapakṣa)or सिद्धान्त (siddhānta) . (Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar) .