The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 2876 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 2876.

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

देशकालनरावस्थाभेदाः संव्यवहारतः ।
सिद्धा एव हि ये यस्मिंस्तेऽपेक्ष्या बाधकार्थिना ॥ २८७६ ॥

deśakālanarāvasthābhedāḥ saṃvyavahārataḥ |
siddhā eva hi ye yasmiṃste'pekṣyā bādhakārthinā || 2876 ||

“Place, time, man and circumstances,—diversities of these are met with in actual experience; hence when one is seeking for sublation, he should seek for them in these.”—(2876)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

The compound—‘Deśa, etc. etc.’—is to be expounded as ‘Diversities’ of ‘Place, Time, Man, and Circumstances—(2876)

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