Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition

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Dharmakīrti

The Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition (Wyl. tshad ma sde bdun) were written by Dharmakīrti as commentaries on the works of Dignāga.

  1. Commentary on Valid Cognition (Skt. Pramāṇavārttika; Wyl. tshad ma rnam 'grel)
  2. Ascertainment of Valid Cognition (Skt. Pramāṇaviniścaya; Wyl. tshad ma rnam nges)
  3. Point of Reason (Skt. Nyāyabindu; Wyl. rigs thigs)
  4. Point of the Axioms (Skt. Hetubindu; Wyl. gtan tshigs thigs pa)
  5. Inquiry into Relations (Skt. Saṃbandhaparīkṣā; Wyl. 'brel ba brtag pa)
  6. Reasoning of Debate (Skt. Vādanyāya; Wyl. rtsod pa'i rigs pa)
  7. Proof of Other Minds (Skt. Saṃtānāntarasiddhi; Wyl. rgyud gzhan grub pa)

Further Reading

  • TH. Stcherbatsky, Buddhist Logic Volume 1, p37
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