Commentary on Valid Cognition

Dharmakīrti

Pramanavarttika (Skt. Pramāṇa-vārttika; Wyl. tshad ma rnam ' grel) by Dharmakirti

Outline

It has four chapters:

1. Inference (rang don rjes su dpag pa)
2. Valid cognition (tshad ma grub pa)
3. Sense perception (mngon sum)
4. Logic (gzhan gyi don)

Commentaries

Tibetan

• Khedrup Jé, tshad ma rnam 'grel gyi tIk chen rigs pa'i rgya mtsho and tshad ma rnam 'grel gyi tIk chung rigs pa'i snye ma
• Mipham Rinpoche, tshad ma rnam 'grel gyi gzhung gsal bor bshad pa legs bshad snang ba'i gter

Further Reading

• John D. Dunne, Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy, Wisdom Publications, 2004
• Tillemans, Tom J.F.: "Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇavārttika. An annotated translation of the fourth chapter (parārthānumāna). Volume 1 (k. 1-148)". Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 675. Band. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Vienna) 2000