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]
- Pramāṇaviniścayaṭīkā, a commentary on Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇaviniścaya
- Nyāyabinduṭīkā, a commentary on Dharmakīrti's Nyāyabindu
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Dharmottara, Tsadra Commons
- ↑
Dharmottara, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
- ↑ Lal Mani Joshi, Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India During the 7th and 8th Centuries A.D., page 165.
- ↑ "Dharmottara (740-800)". Epistemology and Argumentation in South Asia and Tibet. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
