The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588
This page contains verse 3076 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 3076.
Verse 3076
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
सकृज्जातविनष्टे च स्यादेवार्थे प्रमाणता ।
अनिश्चितेऽपि साऽस्त्येव निश्चयोऽप्युदितक्रमात् ॥ ३०७६ ॥sakṛjjātavinaṣṭe ca syādevārthe pramāṇatā |
aniścite'pi sā'styeva niścayo'pyuditakramāt || 3076 ||In the case of the thing that is destroyed immediately on being born, validity does belong to the cognition; in fact, it is there, even in a case where there is no certainty regarding it,—the certainty appearing in the manner described.—(3076)
Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):
It has been argued under Text 2900, that—“no validity could belong to the Cognition of a thing that is destroyed immediately on being born, etc. etc.”.—[see verse 3075 above]
‘Sā’—validity.—(3076)
The manner in which certainty appears is described in the following:—[see verses 3076-3079 next]