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The '''Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition''' were written by [[Dharmakīrti]] as a detail commentary on the works of [[Dignāga]], they became the fundamental works (''mūla'') to be studied on logic.
The '''Seven Treatises on Valid Cognition''' ([[Wyl.]] ''tshad ma sde bdun'') were written by [[Dharmakīrti]] as commentaries on the works of [[Dignāga]].  


The principle text, containing the 'body' of the system is the
# '''[[Commentary on Valid Cognition]]''' (Skt. ''Pramāṇavārttika''; Wyl. ''tshad ma rnam 'grel'')
* '''[[Pramanavarttika|Pramāṇa-vārttika]]''', consisting of four chapters on
# '''Ascertainment of Valid Cognition''' (Skt. ''Pramāṇaviniścaya''; Wyl. ''tshad ma rnam nges'')
# [[Inference]]
# '''Point of Reason''' (Skt. ''Nyāyabindu''; Wyl. ''rigs thigs'')
# Valid cognition
# '''Point of the Axioms''' (Skt. ''Hetubindu''; Wyl. ''gtan tshigs thigs pa'')
# Sense perception
# '''Inquiry into Relations''' (Skt. ''Saṃbandhaparīkṣā''; Wyl. ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>brel ba brtag pa'')
# Logic
# '''Reasoning of Debate''' (Skt. ''Vādanyāya''; Wyl. ''rtsod pa'i rigs pa'')
# '''Proof of Other Minds''' (Skt. ''Saṃtānāntarasiddhi''; Wyl. ''rgyud gzhan grub pa'')


The remaining treatises, considered the 'six feet' of this text, are:
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'').
* The two abridgments of the Pramāṇa-vārtika called:
# '''Pramāṇa-vinišcaya'''
# '''Nyāya-bindu'''
These both contain three chapters dealing with: sense perception, inference, and logic.


Then:
==Further Reading==
* '''Hetubindu''', a short classification of logical reasons
*TH. Stcherbatsky, ''Buddhist Logic Volume 1'',  p37
* '''Sambandha-parīkṣā''', an examination of the problem of relations
* '''Codanā-prakaraṇa''', a treatise on [[debate]]
* '''Santānāntara-siddhi''', a treatise on the reality of other minds, directed against the position of Solopsism (the theory that only the self exists).
 
All these works, aside from the Nyāya-bindu, are lost in the original Sanskrit but remain as translated works in the Tibetan [[Tengyur]] (Wyl. ''bstan 'gyur'').
 
 
---Source: ''Buddhist Logic Volume 1'' - TH. Stcherbatsky: p37




Revision as of 20:04, 6 June 2009

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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