The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 461 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 461.

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

नन्वनेनानुमानेन बाध्यते सर्वहेतुषु ।
व्याप्तिः सर्वोपसंहारा प्रतिज्ञार्थस्य वा क्षतिः ॥ ४६१ ॥

nanvanenānumānena bādhyate sarvahetuṣu |
vyāptiḥ sarvopasaṃhārā pratijñārthasya vā kṣatiḥ || 461 ||

“The all-comprehensive invariable concomitance (premiss) that has been asserted in all the reasonings (propounded by the buddhist) becomes annulled by the following inference; or else, the proposition (asserting the doctrine in question) itself becomes rejected.”—(461)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text introduces the arguments advanced by Bhāvivikta (against the doctrine of Perpetual Flux).—[see verse 461 above]

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