The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 1665 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 1665.

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

अन्यवस्तुनि विज्ञाने वृत्ते सर्वस्य नास्तिता ।
अदृश्यस्यापि गम्येत द्वितीयाभावसंश्रये ॥ १६६५ ॥

anyavastuni vijñāne vṛtte sarvasya nāstitā |
adṛśyasyāpi gamyeta dvitīyābhāvasaṃśraye || 1665 ||

If the second kind of ‘negation’ were admitted, then, when the ‘cognition of some other thing’ would come about, there would be ‘negation’ of everything else,—even that which is not perceptible.—(1665)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The following Text points out the defect in the second definition of Negation (put forward under Text 1649);—[see verse 1665 above]

Even that, etc. etc.’—i.e. things removed in time, place and nature.

Second kind of Negation’—i.e. that in the form of ‘the cognition of something else’.—(1665)

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