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Pramanasamuccaya

work by Dignāga

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place in Indian philosophy

  • Krishna and Arjuna
    In Indian philosophy: The logical period

    …a Buddhist logician, wrote the Pramanasamuccaya (“Compendium of the Means of True Knowledge”), a work that laid the foundations of Buddhist logic.

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    In Indian philosophy: Contributions of Dignaga and Dharmakirti

    Dignaga’s Pramanasamuccaya (“Compendium of the Means of True Knowledge”) is one of the greatest works on Buddhist logic. Dignaga gave a new definition of perception: a knowledge that is free from all conceptual constructions, including name and class concepts. In effect, he regarded only the pure…

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