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)

All these works, aside from the Nyāyabindu, are lost in the original Sanskrit but remain as translated works in the Tibetan Tengyur (Wyl. bstan 'gyur).

Further Reading

  • TH. Stcherbatsky, Buddhist Logic Volume 1, p37
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