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FOREWORD
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and ever solicitous for the well-being of the inmates of the Universe, and his chain of Vijñána is ever active. From this the conclusion is inevitable that Sugata Buddha the omniscient is still residing in his abode and he is still active and will continue to do so, so long the world is not delivered. With the delivery of the world and with the emancipation of the inmates of the Samsára all Bodhisattvas will enter Nirvaņa and be emancipated.
$ 7. Authors mentioned in the Tattvasangraha.
One of the most important features of the Tattvasangraha is that it mentions a large number of hitherto unknown authors and philosophers whose views it records and refutes at length. It is needless to point out that S'antarakṣita has done valuable service by recording the views of a large number of authors and showing at once the lines of thought and contributions made by each in his own sphere. We may take it for certain that S'ântarakṣita and Kamalas'lla, while stating the views of the different authors, named only those who were the first and pioneer propounders of such views. In tracing the development of Indian thought therefore S'antarakṣita's services are unparalleled inasmuch as he presents to us enough material for further research in a field which is always regarded as dark and mysterious in the realm of Indian Culture. Besides Buddha and the authors of the philosophical Satras there are mentioned a number of important authors from Kambalås'vatara down to Ubeyaka or Bhavabhūti, in the Tattvasangraha and we will, in the following pages, endeavour to give an account of these authors, the views held by them, and with the available materials establish the periods in which they flourished, taking into account the new materials supplied by the Tattvasangraha.
Kambalâs'vatara.
B. C. 550-500. In the Lokayataparikså S'ântarakṣita mentions one Kambalds'vatara? who was a follower of the Lokayata System and who held the view that consciousness results from the body and dis
1. T'altrasangraha p. 621.
| SR No. | 010566 |
| Book Title | Tattvasangraha 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Embar Krishnamacharya |
| Publisher | Central Library |
| Publication Year | 1926 |
| Total Pages | 832 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 57 MB |