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The Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588
This page contains verse 3097 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 3097.
Verse 3097
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
तेनात्र ज्ञायमानत्वं प्रामाण्य उपयुज्यते ।
विषयानुभवो यस्मादज्ञातो नैव लभ्यते ॥ ३०९७ ॥tenātra jñāyamānatvaṃ prāmāṇya upayujyate |
viṣayānubhavo yasmādajñāto naiva labhyate || 3097 ||Thus then, the fact of being cognised is of great use in the matter of the validity of cognitions; because there can be no apprehension of things which is not itself cognised.—(3097)
Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):
It has been argued under Text 2912, that “The fact of being cognised is of no use in the matter of the validity of Cognitions, etc. etc.”.
The answer to this is as follows:—[see verse 3097 above]