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The '''Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition''' were written by [[Dharmakīrti]] as a detail commentary on the works of [[Dignāga]], they became the fundamental works (''mūla'') to be studied on logic. | |||
The principle text, containing the 'body' of the system is the | The principle text, containing the 'body' of the system is the | ||
* Pramāṇa-vārttika | * [[Pramanavarttika|Pramāṇa-vārttika]], consisting of four chapters on | ||
# Inference | # [[Inference]] | ||
# Valid cognition | # Valid cognition | ||
# Sense perception | # Sense perception | ||
# Logic | # Logic | ||
The remaining treatises, considered the 'six feet' of this text, are: | The remaining treatises, considered the 'six feet' of this text, are: | ||
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Then: | Then: | ||
* Hetubindu | * Hetubindu, a short classification of logical reasons | ||
* Sambandha-parīkṣā | * Sambandha-parīkṣā, an examination of the problem of relations | ||
* Codanā-prakaraṇa | * Codanā-prakaraṇa, a treatise on [[debate]] | ||
* Santānāntara-siddhi | * Santānāntara-siddhi, a treatise on the reality of other minds, directed against the position of Solopsism (the theory that only the self exists). | ||
All these works, aside from the Nyāya-bindu, are lost in the original Sanskrit but remain as translated works in the Tibetan Tengyur (bstan 'gyur). | All these works, aside from the Nyāya-bindu, are lost in the original Sanskrit but remain as translated works in the Tibetan [[Tengyur]] (Wyl. ''bstan 'gyur''). | ||
Revision as of 11:05, 18 December 2008
The Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition were written by Dharmakīrti as a detail commentary on the works of Dignāga, they became the fundamental works (mūla) to be studied on logic.
The principle text, containing the 'body' of the system is the
- Pramāṇa-vārttika, consisting of four chapters on
- Inference
- Valid cognition
- Sense perception
- Logic
The remaining treatises, considered the 'six feet' of this text, are:
- The two abridgments of the Pramāṇa-vārtika called:
- Pramāṇa-vinišcaya
- Nyāya-bindu
These both contain three chapters dealing with: sense perception, inference, and logic.
Then:
- Hetubindu, a short classification of logical reasons
- Sambandha-parīkṣā, an examination of the problem of relations
- Codanā-prakaraṇa, a treatise on debate
- Santānāntara-siddhi, a treatise on the reality of other minds, directed against the position of Solopsism (the theory that only the self exists).
All these works, aside from the Nyāya-bindu, are lost in the original Sanskrit but remain as translated works in the Tibetan Tengyur (Wyl. bstan 'gyur).
Source: Buddhist Logic Volume 1 - TH. Stcherbatsky: p37