The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 1246 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 1246.

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

विकल्पकमतो ज्ञानसहभाव्यनुभूयते ।
तस्मादिन्द्रियविज्ञानमकल्पनमिदं स्फुटम् ॥ १२४६ ॥

vikalpakamato jñānasahabhāvyanubhūyate |
tasmādindriyavijñānamakalpanamidaṃ sphuṭam || 1246 ||

As a matter of fact, what makes the cognition determinate appears along with the cognition itself; hence the cognition brought about by the senses is clearly non-determinate (free from conceptual content).—(1246)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text sums up the subject:—[see verse 1246 above]

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