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Dharmottara (Tibetan: ''chos mchog'') was an 8th-century Buddhist author of several important works on
pramana ''Pramana'' (Sanskrit: प्रमाण, ) literally means " proof" and "means of knowledge".epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...
), including commentaries on the writings of
Dharmakirti 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.Tom Tillemans (2011)Dharmakirti Stanford ...
. Only one of his works survives in the original
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, the Nyāyabinduṭīkā, while others survive in Tibetan translation.


Works

*''Apoha-nāma-prakaraṇa'' (''gzhan sel ba zhes bya ba'i rab tu byed pa'') *''Kṣaṇabhaṅgasiddhi'' (''skad cig ma 'jig pa grub pa'') *''Nyāyabinduṭīkā'' (''rigs pa'i thigs pa'i rgya cher 'grel pa'') *''Paralokasiddhi'' ('''jig rten pha rol grub pa'') *''Pramāṇaparīkṣā'' (''tshad ma brtag pa'') *''Pramāṇaviniścayaṭīkā'' (''tshad ma rnam par nges pa'i 'grel bshad'')


See also

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Buddhist logic Buddhist logico-epistemology is a term used in Western scholarship for '' pramāṇa-vāda'' (doctrine of proof) and ''Hetu-vidya'' (science of causes). Pramāṇa-vāda is an epistemological study of the nature of knowledge; Hetu-vidya is a syst ...
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Epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dharmottara Buddhist writers Indian scholars of Buddhism 8th-century Indian philosophers Indian logicians Buddhist logic Year of birth uncertain 8th-century Indian mathematicians