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Dharmakirti
Buddhist philosopher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 6th or 7th century; Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་; Wylie: chos kyi grags pa), was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā.[1] He was one of the key scholars of epistemology (pramāṇa) in Buddhist philosophy, and is associated with the Yogācāra[2] and Sautrāntika schools. He was also one of the primary theorists of Buddhist atomism.[3] His works influenced the scholars of Mīmāṃsā, Nyaya and Shaivism schools of Hindu philosophy as well as scholars of Jainism.[4]
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![]() Portrait of Dharmakirti in silver, c. 15th–16th century, at the Cleveland Museum of Art. | |
Personal | |
Religion | Buddhism |
Flourished | 6th or 7th century |
Notable work(s) | Pramanavarttika |
Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇavārttika, his largest and most important work, was very influential in India and Tibet as a central text on pramana ('valid knowledge instruments') and was widely commented on by various Indian and Tibetan scholars. His texts remain part of studies in the monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism.[5]