Ālambanaparīkṣā

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Ālambanaparīkṣā (T. Dmigs pa brtag pa; C. Guan suoyuan yuan lun 觀所論) is a treatise by Dignaga "which examines the objective support (ālambana) of cognition."[1]

This text is no longer extant in Sanskrit, but it is preserved in Tibetan and Chinese translation.[1]

Dignaga wrote a commentary for this text, called Ālambanaparīkṣā-vṛtti.[1]

Vinītadeva also wrote a commentary , called Ālambanaparīkṣā-ṭikā.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Ālambanaparīkṣā