The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 187 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 187.

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

एवं च सत्त्वनित्यत्वविभुत्वानां विनिश्चये ।
आत्मनो न निरात्मानः सर्वधर्मा इति स्थितम् ॥ १८७ ॥

evaṃ ca sattvanityatvavibhutvānāṃ viniścaye |
ātmano na nirātmānaḥ sarvadharmā iti sthitam || 187 ||

“Thus the existence, eternality and omnipresence of the soul being definitely proved,—it becomes established that nothing is soul-less.”—(187)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The next Text sums up the arguments of the protagonists of the Soul:—[see verse 187 above]

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