Nyāyapraveśaka
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Nyāyapraveśaka [alt. Nyāyapraveśakasūtra] (T. tshad ma rigs par 'jug pa'; C. Yinming ruzhengli lun 因明入正理論; English: "Introduction to Logic"). A text on logic by the Indian scholar Śaṃkarasvāmin.
Giuseppe Tucci states:
- In spite of its conciseness it contains an extremely clear exposition of the Buddhist logic as it was taught in India, at least among some particular schools, as those of the Yogācāras and the Sautrāntikas in that lapse of time which separates Diṅnāga from Dharmakīrti. That the book was written after Diṅnāga, but before Dharmakīrti, is proved by its peculiarities, which in many a point differentiate the theories held by the author from those maintained by the other two great logicians already quoted.[1]
The Princeton Dictionary states:
- The Nyāyapraveśa provides an introduction to the logical system of Dignāga, covering such subjects as valid and invalid methods of proof, methods of refutation, perception, erroneous perception, inference, and erroneous inference. Although Śaṃkarasvāmin’s work was not as extensive, detailed, or original as Dignāga’s, it proved to be popular within the tradition, as attested by the many commentaries on it, including exegeses by non-Buddhists. Large parts of the work survive in the original Sanskrit.[2]
Title variations
- Nyāyapraveśaka
- Nyāyapraveśakasūtra
- Nyāyapraveśa
Translations
The text has been translated into Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan.[3]
Chinese translation
- The Yinming ruzhengli lun 因明入正理論, Introduction to Logic
- Translated by Xuanzang 玄奘 in 647, being the first Indian Logic 因明 text ever translated into Chinese. It offers an overview of Dignāgaʼs 陳那 logic. There is an English translation with Sanskrit text in Musashi TACHIKAWA, “A Sixth-century Manual of Indian Logic,” Journal of Indian Philosophy 1 (1971) 111–145.[4]
Tibetan translation
- tshad ma rigs par 'jug pa'i sgo zhes bya ba'i rab tu byed pa ("Entering into Reasoning, A Treatise on Valid Cognition")[3][5]
English translation
- Musashi TACHIKAWA, “A Sixth-century Manual of Indian Logic,” Journal of Indian Philosophy 1 (1971) 111–145.
- English translation with Sanskrit text
Commentary
There were many commentaries on this text, including exegeses by non-Buddhists.[2]
Commentaries include:
- Nyāyapraveśaṭīkā Śiṣyahitā by Haribhadra Sūri[3]
Notes
- ↑ Tucci, G. (1931). Notes on the Nyāya-praveśa by Śaṅikarasvāmin. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 63(2), 381–413. doi:10.1017/S0035869X0011007X
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Nyāyapraveśa
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nyāyapraveśakasūtra by Śaṅkarasvāmin, Epistemology and Argumentation in South Asia and Tibet
- ↑
因明入正理論, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
- ↑
Entering into Reasoning, A Treatise on Valid Cognition, 84000 Collection
