Dignaga

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Dignaga was a 5th–6th century Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician whose work laid the foundations of the Buddhist epistemological tradition and profoundly influenced later Indian and Tibetan thought.

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Label Occurrences
Dignāga 7
Dignaga canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist logician ⓘ
Indian Buddhist philosopher ⓘ
epistemologist ⓘ
activePeriod 5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
associatedWith Nalanda tradition ⓘ
linked to: Sarvastivada school
authored Alambanapariksa ⓘ
Hetucakra ⓘ
Nyayamukha ⓘ
Pramanasamuccaya ⓘ
linked to: Pramāṇasamuccaya

Pramanasamuccaya-vrtti ⓘ
linked to: Pramāṇasamuccaya

Santanantara-siddhi ⓘ
Trikala-pariksa ⓘ
contributedTo analysis of perception in Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
debate methods in Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ
formalization of inference in Indian logic ⓘ
doctrine apoha (exclusion) theory of meaning ⓘ
momentariness of phenomena ⓘ
non-self (anatman) ⓘ
two means of valid cognition: perception and inference ⓘ
era Gupta period ⓘ
linked to: Gupta Empire
influenced Chinese Buddhist logic ⓘ
Dharmakirti ⓘ
Indian Nyaya logicians ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
Tibetan scholastic curricula ⓘ
later Indian Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Vasubandhu ⓘ
early Buddhist Abhidharma ⓘ
knownFor apoha theory of meaning ⓘ
development of Buddhist logic ⓘ
founding the Buddhist pramana (epistemological) tradition ⓘ
theory of perception and inference ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
legacy foundation of the Dignaga–Dharmakirti tradition ⓘ
majorWork Alambanapariksa ⓘ
Hetucakra ⓘ
Pramanasamuccaya ⓘ
linked to: Pramāṇasamuccaya
philosophicalDiscipline epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Buddhist epistemology ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist logic
region Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ
school Buddhist logic school ⓘ
Yogacara ⓘ
linked to: Yogācāra
studiedBy Tibetan monastic universities ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uddyotakara → opposedThinkers → Dignaga ⓘ
Tibetan Tengyur → includesWorksBy → Dignāga ⓘ
linked to: Dignaga
Buddhist logic → notableProponent → Dignāga ⓘ
linked to: Dignaga
Dharmakirti → influencedBy → Dignaga ⓘ
Bhāviveka → influencedBy → Dignāga ⓘ
linked to: Dignaga
Vasubandhu → influenced → Dignāga ⓘ
linked to: Dignaga
Shantarakshita → influencedBy → Dignāga ⓘ
linked to: Dignaga
Dharmapāla → influencedBy → Dignāga ⓘ
linked to: Dignaga
Tengyur → containsWorksBy → Dignāga ⓘ
linked to: Dignaga