Dignaga, Dignāga: 3 definitions
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Dignaga means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Buddhist philosophy
Source: Wisdom Experience: Mind (An excerpt from Science and Philosophy)Dignāga (दिग्नाग) is the name of an Indian theorists from the fifth–sixth century.—Unlike the Abhidharma, the epistemological literature emerges later in Buddhist history, and it is associated especially with the Indian theorists Dignāga (ca. fifth–sixth century) and Dharmakīrti (ca. sixth century). For analyses of perception, inferential reasoning, concept formation, and other cognitive processes, Dharmakīrti’s works in particular are a key source. Our authors also cite the epistemological texts for their influential theories on the nature of mind.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDignāga (दिग्नाग).—see Diṅnāga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDignāga (दिग्नाग):—[=dig-nāga] [from dig > diś] See din-.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Dinnaga, Alambanapariksha, Sambuti, Alambanaparikshavritti, Pramanasamuccaya, Alambanaparikshatika, Dharmakirti, Apoddhara, Uddyotakara, Samsthana, Nyayavarttika, Buddhist Atomism, Prasuti, Akara, Naga.
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Search found 14 books and stories containing Dignaga, Dignāga, Dig-naga, Dig-nāga; (plurals include: Dignagas, Dignāgas, nagas, nāgas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
Review of Literature < [Introduction]
2. The Nature of Pramāṇa < [Chapter 1 - The Nature and Criterion of Knowledge]
5.2. Diṅnāga’s definition of Perception < [Chapter 3 - The Buddhist Theory of Perception]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)
Opening Speech by Shōryū Katsura
A Dialogue between Mādhava and Dignāga
Dharmakīrti and His Successors on Āśrayāsiddha and Prasaṅgaviparyaya
Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha (study) (by Sujit Roy)
Chapter 5c - Nirvikalpaka Pratyakṣa in Bauddha philosophy
The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux (by Satkari Mookerjee)
Chapter XXII - Inference < [Part II - Logic and Epistemology]
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
The Vaiśeṣika theory of Universal and the Conflict with the Buddhists < [Chapter 5 - Sāmānya and Viśeṣa]
Abhāva as a Separate Category < [Chapter 7 - Abhāva (Non-existence)]
Samavāya < [Chapter 6 - Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika theory of Relation]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 22.3 (Commentary) < [Chapter 22 (Text And Commentary)]
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