Commentary on Valid Cognition
Pramanavarttika (Skt. Pramāṇa-vārttika; Wyl. tshad ma rnam ' grel) — Dharmakirti's main treatise on pramana.
Outline
It has four chapters:
- Inference (rang don rjes su dpag pa)
- Valid cognition (tshad ma grub pa)
- Sense perception (mngon sum)
- 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
Translations
The controversial scholar Gendün Chöpel apparently translated the text into English, but sadly this work has been lost.
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