Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
by Ganganatha Jha | 1937 | 699,812 words | ISBN-10: 8120800583 | ISBN-13: 9788120800588
This page contains verse 1276 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 1276.
Verse 1276
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
निर्विशेषं गृहीतश्चेद्भेद� सामान्यमुच्यते �
तत� विशेषात्सामान्यविशिष्टत्वं � युज्यत� � १२७६ �nirviśeṣa� gṛhītaścedbheda� sāmānyamucyate |
tato viśeṣātsāmānyaviśiṣṭatva� na yujyate || 1276 ||“A thing is called ‘universal� when it is apprehended without distinction; hence it is not right to regard the universal as something distinguished from the particular.”�(1276)
Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):
The said Sumati himself, anticipating the objection that his own Reason becomes ‘Inconclusive� by the case of the Universal, has answered it. This answer is shown in the following—[see verse 1276 above]
There is no ‘Universal� apart from the Particulars, by virtue of which on being apprehended it would be amenable to Conceptual Perception; in fact, it is only when the Particulars are apprehended without distinction that they are called ‘Universal�; that is to say, when they are not cognised, each in its own distinctive form, they are called ‘Universal Consequently, how could the Universal be ‘distinguished� from the Particulars, by virtue of which its apprehension would become ‘conceptual�,�(1276)
Question:—How then can there be a clear division between the Universal and the Particular?
Answer (provided by Sumati):‰see verse 1277 next]