Dharmottara

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Dharmottara (Tibetan: chos mchog) (fl. 8th-century) was an India scholar and author of several commentaries on pramana. His most significant writings were:[1]

He was a contemporary or student of Prajñākaragupta, and was influential in the transmission of pramāņa (T . tshad ma) studies in Tibet.[1]

Works

His works include:[2]

  • 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)

Only one of his works, Nyāyabinduṭīkā, survives in the original Sanskrit; the others survive in Tibetan translation.[3][4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tsadra commons icon.jpg Dharmottara, Tsadra Commons
  2. RW icon height 18px.png Dharmottara, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
  3. Lal Mani Joshi, Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India During the 7th and 8th Centuries A.D., page 165.
  4. "Dharmottara (740-800)". Epistemology and Argumentation in South Asia and Tibet. Retrieved 18 January 2016.