The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588
This page contains verse 1655 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 1655.
Verse 1655
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
न चावस्तुन एते स्युर्भेदास्तेनास्य वस्तुता ।
कार्यादीनामभावः स यो भावः कारणादिना ॥ १६५५ ॥na cāvastuna ete syurbhedāstenāsya vastutā |
“These several kinds (of negation) could not appertain to a non-entity; hence negation must be regarded as an entity; for instance, the ‘negation’ of the effect consists in the ‘presence’ of the cause—[Ślokavārtika-negation, 8].—(1655)
kāryādīnāmabhāvaḥ sa yo bhāvaḥ kāraṇādinā || 1655 ||
Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):
The following might be urged—‘Even if there is this fourfold division, how does that make Negation an entity?’
The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 1655 above]
There can be no division of a Non-entity; as division always rests in entities.—Hence Negation must be an entity.
“What sort of an entity can it be?”
Answer:—‘The Negation of the Effect, etc. etc.’—The Presence of the Cause—Milk, for instance—is what constitutes the Negation of the Effect—Curd; and the Presence of the Effect—Curd—is what constitutes the Negation of the Cause—Milk, It is in this way that Negation is an entity.—(1655)