Dignaga

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Dignaga was a 5th–6th century Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician whose work laid the foundations of the Buddhist epistemological tradition and profoundly influenced later Indian and Tibetan thought.

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Dignāga 7
Dignaga canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist logician
Indian Buddhist philosopher
epistemologist
activePeriod 5th century
6th century
associatedWith Nalanda tradition
linked to: Sarvastivada school
authored Alambanapariksa
Hetucakra
Nyayamukha
Pramanasamuccaya
linked to: Pramāṇasamuccaya

Pramanasamuccaya-vrtti
linked to: Pramāṇasamuccaya

Santanantara-siddhi
Trikala-pariksa
contributedTo analysis of perception in Buddhist philosophy
debate methods in Buddhist scholasticism
formalization of inference in Indian logic
doctrine apoha (exclusion) theory of meaning
momentariness of phenomena
non-self (anatman)
two means of valid cognition: perception and inference
era Gupta period
linked to: Gupta Empire
influenced Chinese Buddhist logic
Dharmakirti
Indian Nyaya logicians
Tibetan Buddhist philosophy
Tibetan scholastic curricula
later Indian Buddhist philosophy
influencedBy Vasubandhu
early Buddhist Abhidharma
knownFor apoha theory of meaning
development of Buddhist logic
founding the Buddhist pramana (epistemological) tradition
theory of perception and inference
language Sanskrit
legacy foundation of the Dignaga–Dharmakirti tradition
majorWork Alambanapariksa
Hetucakra
Pramanasamuccaya
linked to: Pramāṇasamuccaya
philosophicalDiscipline epistemology
logic
metaphysics
philosophy of language
philosophicalTradition Buddhist epistemology
linked to: Buddhist logic
region Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
religiousTradition Buddhism
school Buddhist logic school
Yogacara
linked to: Yogācāra
studiedBy Tibetan monastic universities

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Uddyotakara opposedThinkers Dignaga
Tibetan Tengyur includesWorksBy Dignāga
linked to: Dignaga
Buddhist logic notableProponent Dignāga
linked to: Dignaga
Dharmakirti influencedBy Dignaga
Bhāviveka influencedBy Dignāga
linked to: Dignaga
Vasubandhu influenced Dignāga
linked to: Dignaga
Shantarakshita influencedBy Dignāga
linked to: Dignaga
Dharmapāla influencedBy Dignāga
linked to: Dignaga
Tengyur containsWorksBy Dignāga
linked to: Dignaga