The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 387 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 387.

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

क्षणावस्थितरूपं हि वस्तु क्षणिकमुच्यते ।
स्थिररूपसमाक्रान्तं वस्त्वेवाक्षणिकं पुनः ॥ ३८७ ॥

kṣaṇāvasthitarūpaṃ hi vastu kṣaṇikamucyate |
sthirarūpasamākrāntaṃ vastvevākṣaṇikaṃ punaḥ || 387 ||

That thing is said to be ‘momentary’ whose form persists for a moment; while that thing is said to be ‘non-momentary’ which is endowed with a lasting (permanent) form.—(387)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Question:—“Why cannot the question of momentariness or non-momentariness arise in regard to a non-entity?”

The answer is provided in the following—[see verse 387 above]

The meaning of this is clear.—(387)

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