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[[Image:Dharmakirti.JPG|frame|Dharmakīrti]]
'''Dharmakirti''' (Skt. ''Dharmakīrti''; Tib. ''Chökyi Drakpa''; [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi grags pa'') (7th Century) was born to a bramhin family in the South of India. After receiving a bramhanical education, he later became interested in the Buddhist teachings. He then travelled to [[Nalanda]] in order to receive teachings from a direct disciple of [[Vasubandhu]]. Dharmapāla was still living—Dharmakirti received ordination from him—but [[Dignaga]] had passed away. Instead he received instruction from Ishvarasena, who was Dignaga's direct disciple. Having entirely comprehended Dignaga's oeuvre, he became perhaps the greatest master of [[pramana]] and went on to compose the '[[Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition]]'.

==Writings==
*The [[Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition]] of which
*[[Pramanavarttika]] is the main.

==Further Reading==
*John D. Dunne, ''Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy'', Wisdom Publications, 2004
*Tom J. F. Tillemans, ''Scripture, logic, language: essays on Dharmakīrti and his Tibetan successors'', Wisdom Publications, 1999

[[Category:Seventeen Nalanda Masters]]
[[Category:Indian Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]