Introduction: “On the Tattvasamāsa and its place in Sāṃkhya,” by Prof. Max Müller
| SANSKRIT TRANSLITERATION (IAST) | TRANSLATION |
| 1. aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ || | 1. Eight Natures (prakṛtis) |
| 2. ṣoḍaśa vikārāḥ || | 2. Sixteen Transformations (vikārās) |
| 3. puruṣaḥ || | 3. Spirit (puruṣa) |
| 4. traiguṇyam || | 4. Three Qualities (gunas) |
| 5. saṃcaraḥ || | 5. Emanation |
| 6. pratisaṃcaraḥ || | 6. Withdrawal |
| 7. adhyātmam adhibhūtam adhidaivataṃ ca || | 7. The Supreme Self; The Supreme [Substrate of] Elemental Nature; and The Supreme Diety |
| 8. pañcābhibuddhayaḥ || | 8. Five [Functions/Aspects] of Intellect (buddhi) |
| 9. pañca karmayonayaḥ || | 9. Five Sources of Action (karma) |
| 10. pañca vāyavaḥ || | 10. Five Breaths or Vital Winds (vāyus) |
| 11. pañca karmātmānaḥ || | 11. Five “Selves” of Action (karmātmans) |
| 12. pañcaparvāvidyā || | 12. Five Knots of Ignorance (avidyā) |
| 13. aṣṭāviṃśatidhāśaktiḥ || | 13. Twenty-Eight-fold Incapacity (aśakti) |
| 14. navadhā tuṣṭiḥ || | 14. Nine Contentments (tuṣṭi) |
| 15. aṣṭadhā siddhiḥ || | 15. Eight Attainments (siddhi) |
| 16. daśa mūlikārthāḥ || | 16. Ten Root Singular-Objects (eka-artha) |
| 17. anugrahaḥ sargaḥ || | 17. The Supportive [Intellectual] Creation |
| 18. caturdaśavidho bhūtasargaḥ || | 18. The Fourteen-fold Elemental Creation |
| 19. trividho bandhaḥ || | 19. Threefold Bondage (bandha) |
| 20. trividho mokṣaḥ || | 20. Threefold Liberation (mokṣa) |
| 21. trividhaṃ pramāṇam || | 21. Threefold Means of Right Cognition (pramā) |
| 22. trividhaṃ duḥkham || | 22. Threefold Agitation (duḥkha) |
| 23. etat paramparayā yāthātathyam || | 23. This is the succession (parampara) according to reality (tat) |
| 24. etat sarvaṃ jñātvā kṛtakṛtyaḥ syāt || | 24. Knowing the whole of this, one has accomplished his task |
| 25. na punastrividhena duḥkhenābhibhūyate || | 25. Never again will the threefold misery come to be [for him] |
Thus the Compendium is completed.
Further resources:
James R. Ballantyne, A Lecture on the Sānkhya Philosophy, embracing the text of the Tattwa Samāsa, 1850 (includes English trans. of the Tattva-samāsa and commentary (the Sāṃkhya-krama-dīpikā)
Prof. Max Müller, The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy, p. 242 etc. (Tattva-samāsa translation, commentary and analysis)
T. R. Chintamani, A Note on the Date of the Tattvasamāsa, 1928 (includes Sanskrit (devanagari) of the text, with analysis of its antiquity)
Gopinath Kaviraj, A Short Note on Tattvasamāsa, 1938 (includes an analysis of the number of sūtras in the text, with a comparison of several MS.)
Gerald James Larson, The format of technical philosophical writing in ancient India: Inadequacies of conventional translations, 1980 (includes an English translation of the text, along with a proposition on how one may interpret the text to reveal the series of prime numbers)
Gerald James Larson, Ram Shankar Bhattacharyglisha, Karl H. Potter, The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 4: Samkhya, 1987, p. 443-44 (English translation of the text, based on Ṣimānanda’s commentary, the Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana)
Sanskrit Transliterations:
Tattva-samāsa [4 versions]
Bhāvāgaṇeśa’s Tattvayāthārthyadīpana [commentary on the Tattva-samāsa]
Sāṃkhyasūtravivaraṇa [commentary on the Tattva-samāsa]
Sarvopakāriṇī [commentary on the Tattva-samāsa]
Ṣimānandadīkṣita / Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana [commentary on the Tattva-samāsa]
Tattvasamāsasūtravṛttiḥ / Kramadīpikā [commentary on the Tattva-samāsa]