The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588

This page contains verse 1217 of the 8th-century Tattvasangraha (English translation) by Shantarakshita, including the commentary (Panjika) by Kamalashila: dealing with Indian philosophy from a Buddhist and non-Buddhist perspective. The Tattvasangraha (Tattvasamgraha) consists of 3646 Sanskrit verses; this is verse 1217.

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

चिन्तोत्प्रेक्षादिकाले च विस्पष्टं या प्रवेद्यते ।
अनुविद्धेव सा शब्दैरपह्नोतुं न शक्यते ॥ १२१७ ॥

cintotprekṣādikāle ca vispaṣṭaṃ yā pravedyate |
anuviddheva sā śabdairapahnotuṃ na śakyate || 1217 ||

That which is clearly cognised at the time of reflection and imagination as if interpenetrating them,—cannot be set aside by mere words.—(1217)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The Author shows again how the existence of the Conceptual Content is vouched for by Perception:—[see verse 1217 above]

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