Buddhist Epistemology

Name: Buddhist Epistemology
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ISBN: 9780313310874

ISBN-10: 0313310874

ISBN-13: 9780313310874

Edition: 2000

Authors: S. R. Bhatt, Anu Mehrotra

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Knowledge plays a very significant role in Buddhism, as it is the gateway to enlightenment and nirvana. This volume provides a clear and exhaustive exposition of Buddhist epistemology and logic, based on the works of classical thinkers such as Vasubandhu, Dinnaga, and Dharmakiriti. It traces the historical development of this theory, identifies the most important schools and thinkers, and defines its main concepts--the criteria of truth, the nature of reality, and the concepts of perception and inference, the only two sources of knowledge accepted in Buddhist philosophy. The appendix contains the Sanskrit original and an annotated translation of Nyaya Pravesa, a key text of Buddhist…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 7/30/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Introduction



The Buddhist Theory of Knowledge



The Buddhist Theory of Perception



The Buddhist Theory of Inference



Nyayapravesakasutram



Nyayapravesakasutram (Translation)


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index