The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

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

This page contains verse 3061 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 3061.

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

दोषाप्रमाद्वयासत्ता गम्यतेऽनुपलम्भतः ।
उपलम्भस्य नास्तित्वमन्येनेत्यनवस्थितिः ॥ ३०६१ ॥

doṣāpramādvayāsattā gamyate'nupalambhataḥ |
upalambhasya nāstitvamanyenetyanavasthitiḥ || 3061 ||

If the absence of defects and that of the two kinds of invalid cognition are proved by non-apprehension,—and this absence of apprehension is proved by another non-apprehension,—then there is infinite regress.—(3061)

 

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Doṣā, etc. etc.’—The compound is to be expounded as ‘the absence of Defects, and of the two kinds of Invalid Cognition’.—(3061)

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