ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

396 ANALYSIS OF
[Gser. IV. 85a. 4-5.] sans~rgyas~kyi ye~ses bzihi rgyubyed
cin rtog-gehi yut-las~hda\s~paht bsam-gyis mi~khyab~
pa. 1 2 R e s u l t i n g C o g n i t i o n of t h e Doct
r i n e c o n c e r n i n g P h e n o m e n a l Exist
e n c e.—jfiif SRTlfH : =s ; dug-bsh.al4a chos-ses-pa.
The cognition of the same Absolute Essence as being
unequalled, since there is nothing with which it
might be compared.
^Wff#n i=3cp^ (IV. 24a.)
[Gser. IV. 85a. 5.] dpe-zlar-rufi-bahi mtshitr\s->pa-med»
pas mi-mham-pa-nid. 2
3 Perseverance in the Introspective Cognition con
cerning Phenomenal Existence.
bsftal-la rJGs«su~se8''pahi jp
bzod-pa. p
The cognition of the said essence as limitless
through the impossibility of applying to it any measure
whatsoever.
: 1=%F...(IV. 24a.)
[Gser. IV. 85a. 5.] de~kho~nar tshad-mas gzal-ba-las
yan~dag-par~hdas-pa. 3
4 R e s u l t i n g I n t r o s p e c t i v e C o g n i -
tion, c o n c e r n i n g P h e n o m e n a l Exist
e n c e .
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rjes~su~ses-pa.
The cognition of the elements in the aspect of this
essence as innumerable,
by numbers that are expressed by words etc.
ft feft 1 (IV.
as they cannot be counted
1 Pane. III. 6%, 6.—bcom-ldan-hdm ser-phyin hdi-ni don
bsam-gyis mi-Jihyab-pahi slad-du ixe-bar gnasso.—Ast. 277. 4.—
2 Pane. III. 69b. 6.—bcom-ldan-hdas ser-phyin hdi-ni don
dpag~tu-ma-mchhis-pahi slad-du ne-bat-^nas-so.—Ast. 277. 4.—
3 Pane. III. 69b. 7.—bcom-ldcn-hdas ser-phyin hdini don gzaldn
ma-mchispahi slad-du ne~bar~gnas-so.—Ast, 277. 4.—
THE ABHISAMAYALAMKARA 397
[Gser. IV. 85a. 5-6.] sgras-brjod-pa-sogs-l^yi grahs*
k.yis bgran-ba-las yah-dag-par-hdas-pahi sdug-bsnal bit
rtogs-pa. 1
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 258a. 3-5.] ^
5 Perseverance in the Cognition of
Doctrine concerning the Principle of
the Origin. ^TJJ^ WfTR^Tf-cf: ••=kun~hbyuh~la chosses-pahi
bzod-pa.
The cognition of the Absolute Essence underlying the
elements relating to the Principle of the Origin as including
the virtuous properties of all
the different kinds of Saints, beginning
with the ^ravaka and ending with the Buddha, these
virtuous properties being viewed as referring to the
removal (of defilement) and the cognition (of the Truth).
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 260a. 5-6]
S (IV. 24c.)
[Gser. IV. 85b. 2-3.] nan~thos~nas sans-rgyas-ktji bar
hphags-pahi gan-zag thams-cad^kyi spahs-rtogs yon-tan
thams-cad sdiid-pa. 2
6 R e s u l t i n g C o g n i t i o n o f t h e D o c -
t r i n e , c o n c e r n i n g t h e P r i n c p l e o f t h e
Origin. ^3J^ij spPfsTR ^k u n~hbyuh~!ci chos-ses-pa.
The knowledge of the Absolute Essence of the said
elements as accessible to the cognition
of the wise, i.e. of persons endowed with special
faculties.
[Abhis, aloka, MS. 261a. 4-5.] g
M] (IV. 24d.)
[Don. 18b. 2.] mkhcts-pas ses-par-bya-bahi de. 3
1 Pane. III. 69b. 7.—hcom-ldan-hdas ser-phyin hdi-ni mi-ninampi
dan mnam-pahi slad-du ne-har-gnas-so,—Ast. 277. 4, 5.—
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ans-su-ma-mchis-pa) in the Pane.
Notke the ahsence of
2 Pane. III. 70b. 7 sqq.— Ast. 281. 1. aqq.— .
3 Paiic. III. 75a. 2.~—bcom.ldan~hdas ser-phyin hdi-ni zab-cifo
blta-dkah-la. rtogs-pa-dkah-ba-ste mi-brtag-pa. brtag-pahi spyod-yul
ma~lags-pa zi zin phra-la mk.has-pa dan. byan~ha dctn. yid-gsalbaa
htshal-bar-bgyi-haho.—CompaYe Uttaratafntra, Transl. pp. 131, 132,
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