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Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 6th or 7th century; Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་; Wylie: chos kyi grags pa ), was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā. [1] . He was one of the key scholars of epistemology ( pramāṇa) in Buddhist philosophy, and is associated with the Yogācāra [2] and Sautrāntika schools.
Aug 19, 2011 · The life of Dharmakīrti, a profound and rigorous philosopher of Indian Buddhism, is a subject of hagiography with little solid data upon which we can confidently rely. [ 1] .
Dharmakīrti (flourished 7th century) was an Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician. He asserted that inference and direct perception are the only valid kinds of knowledge and that, in the processes of the mind, cognition and the cognized belong to distinct moments.
Dharmakīrti (T. chos kyi grags pa; C. facheng 法稱) (fl. c. 6th or 7th century) was an Indian Buddhist scholar who was "one of the most important and influential figures in the history of Buddhist philosophy." [1]
Dharmakīrtiśrī ( Tibetan: Serlingpa; Wylie: gser gling pa; Chinese: 金州大師, literally "from Suvarnadvīpa "), also known as Kulānta and Suvarṇadvipi Dharmakīrti, [1] [2] was a renowned 10th century Buddhist teacher. His name refers to the region he lived, somewhere in Lower Burma, the Malay Peninsula or Sumatra. [3]
Dharmakirti (6th or 7th century) is revered for his outstanding contributions to the fields of logic, epistemology, and philosophy in accord with the Sautrantika and Chittamatra systems. His works have served as the cornerstone for the study of valid cognition and the practice of debate throughout the world of Tibetan Buddhism.
May 26, 2023 · The Buddhist philosopher Dharmakīrti (between mid-sixth and mid-seventh centuries CE) is one of the most significant and challenging thinkers in India’s history.
Steinkellner and Much (1995) gives an overview of the Sanskrit and Tibetan texts, critical editions, and modern translations of the works of Dharmakīrti and his commentators. A complete introduction to Dharmakīrti's philosophy and bibliographical details on secondary literature is found in Eltschinger (2010).
Feb 8, 2013 · Masterfully unpacking these foundations of Dharmakirti's system, John Dunne presents the first major study of the most vexing issues in Dharmakirti's thought within its Indian...
Dec 1, 2023 · Active in the sixth or seventh century, Dharmakirti was born, of the Brahmin caste, in southern India and is central to epistemological thought in Buddhist philosophy. His Pramanavarttika is considered the primary text on pramana (“valid knowledge instruments”).
