The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 1204 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 1204.

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

अर्थशून्याभिजल्पोत्थवासनामात्रनिर्मितम् ।
प्रतिबिम्बं यदाभाति तच्छब्दैः प्रतिपाद्यते ॥ १२०४ ॥

arthaśūnyābhijalpotthavāsanāmātranirmitam |
pratibimbaṃ yadābhāti tacchabdaiḥ pratipādyate || 1204 ||

What is expressed by words is only the reflection that appears, as created solely by impressions made by objectless (empty) conceptions.—(1204)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Words’—like ‘Son of the Barren Woman’.—(1204)

Those words however that relate to entities, denote only the Reflection;—the formal proof for this is stated in the following—[see verse 1205 next]

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