Dharmakirti on the Duality of the Object: Pramanavarttika III 1-63 (5)

by Eli Franco, Miyako Notake

According to one of the most fundamental tenets in Indian Buddhist epistemology, there are only two means of knowledge - perception and inference - because there are only two objects of the particular and the universal. This book deals with this tenet as it was expounded and substantiated in Dharmakirti's (7th c.) magnum opus, the Pramanavarttika, a work that has exerted lasting influence on Buddhist philosophy in India and Tibet up to the present day. ( Leipzig Studies on Culture and History of South and Central Asia / Leipziger Studien zu Kultur und Geschichte Sud- und Zentralasiens - Vol. 5) [ Buddhism, Religious Studies, Philosophy]

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2014