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Dignāga
Dignāga (c.480–540). A south Indian monk and scholar who was an indirect student of Vasubandhu. He combined aspects of Yogācāra and Sautrāntika theories of perception with his own innovative logical methodology (pramāṇa). Based in Orissa, he wrote a number of important works on Abhidharma and pramāṇa, including his highly influential Pramāṇa-samuccaya. This combines many of his earlier insights into a complete system of epistemology. The work deals with the problems of sense-perception and its role in knowledge, the reliability of knowledge, and the relationship between sensations, images, concepts, and the external world. After Dignāga the lineage continued through his pupil Īśvarasena to the great Dharmakīrti in the 7th century.
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DAMIEN KEOWN. "Dignāga." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAMIEN KEOWN. "Dignāga." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-Dignga.html DAMIEN KEOWN. "Dignāga." A Dictionary of Buddhism. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-Dignga.html |
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Dignāga
Dignāga or Diṅṅāga. Buddhist logician who flourished towards the end of the 5th cent. CE. His greatest work is the Pramāṇa-samuccaya which combines many of his earlier insights into a complete system of epistemology.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Dignāga." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Dignāga." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Dignga.html JOHN BOWKER. "Dignāga." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Dignga.html |
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