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Dharmakīrti

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Dharmakīrti (7th c. ce). Born in south India, Dharmakīrti was a leading representative of the Buddhist school of logic (pramāṇa) at Nālandā. Relying on Yogācāra and Sautrāntika doctrines, he wrote a number of key works, the most important of which is his Pramāṇa-vārttika, in which he extends and develops the thought of his predecessor Dignāga, dealing with matters of epistemology and logic. The Pramāṇa-vārttika contains four chapters dealing with inference, the validity of knowledge, sense-perception, and syllogisms. Few of Dharmakirti's writings survive in the original Sanskrit but all are preserved in Tibetan translation.

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Dharmakīrti

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Dharmakīrti. A Yogācāra/Vijñānavāda Buddhist logician of the 7th cent. CE, and author of seven treatises originally intended as commentaries on the work of Dignāga but eventually superseding the latter as the basic materials for the traditional study of Buddhist logic and epistemology.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Dharmakīrti." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Dharmakrti.html

JOHN BOWKER. "Dharmakīrti." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Dharmakrti.html

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