The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 1615 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 1615.

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

प्रत्यक्षत्वे स्थिते चास्यामनुमेयत्ववारणम् ।
क्षतये नैव येनास्मिन्विषये नानुमेष्यते ॥ १६१५ ॥

pratyakṣatve sthite cāsyāmanumeyatvavāraṇam |
kṣataye naiva yenāsminviṣaye nānumeṣyate || 1615 ||

The perceptibility (or potency) being thus established,—all that has been said (by the other party) regarding its not being cognisable by inference, does not affect us. because in this case we do not regard the cognition to be of the nature of inference.—(1615)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Then again, it has been declared (by Kumārila, see above under Text 1589) that “Potencies of all Things become cognised through Presumption” and so forth; where it has been shown that Potencies cannot be inferred. That does not affect our position at all.—“Why?”—Because in this case—of Potency being perceptiblewe do not regard the cognition to be of the nature of Inference; for the simple reason that Inference consists of the cognition of only such things as are not cognisable by Perception.

This shows that the arguments adduced are superfluous.—(1615)

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