The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588
This page contains verse 921 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 921.
Verse 921
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
सामान्यं (वस्तुरूपं हि बुद्ध्या)कारो भविष्यति ।
शब्दार्थ............................प्रकल्पितः ॥ ९२१ ॥sāmānyaṃ (vasturūpaṃ hi buddhyā)kāro bhaviṣyati |
śabdārtha............................prakalpitaḥ || 921 ||“In that case, the ‘form of the Cognition which is posited as the ‘Import of Words’, would be the Universal.”—[Ślokavārtika-Apoha 38]—(921)
Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):
That is to say, the ‘form of the Cognition’ itself, in the form of the positive entity, ‘Universal’,—would be the Import of Words.—(921)