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.

In Buddhism

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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dignāga (दिग्नाग).—see Diṅnāga.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dignāga (दिग्नाग):—[=dig-nāga] [from dig > diś] See din-.

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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.

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