Dignaga

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Buddhist logician Indian Buddhist philosopher epistemologist

Dignaga was a 5th–6th century Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician whose work laid the foundations of the Buddhist epistemological tradition and profoundly influenced later Indian and Tibetan thought.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Dignāga	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist logician ⓘ Indian Buddhist philosopher ⓘ epistemologist ⓘ
activePeriod	5th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Nalanda tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
authored	Alambanapariksa NERFINISHED ⓘ Hetucakra NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyayamukha NERFINISHED ⓘ Pramanasamuccaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Pramanasamuccaya-vrtti NERFINISHED ⓘ Santanantara-siddhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Trikala-pariksa NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	analysis of perception in Buddhist philosophy ⓘ debate methods in Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ formalization of inference in Indian logic ⓘ
doctrine	apoha (exclusion) theory of meaning ⓘ momentariness of phenomena ⓘ non-self (anatman) ⓘ two means of valid cognition: perception and inference ⓘ
era	Gupta period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Chinese Buddhist logic ⓘ Dharmakirti NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Nyaya logicians ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosophy ⓘ Tibetan scholastic curricula ⓘ later Indian Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ early Buddhist Abhidharma ⓘ
knownFor	apoha theory of meaning ⓘ development of Buddhist logic ⓘ founding the Buddhist pramana (epistemological) tradition ⓘ theory of perception and inference ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
legacy	foundation of the Dignaga–Dharmakirti tradition ⓘ
majorWork	Alambanapariksa NERFINISHED ⓘ Hetucakra NERFINISHED ⓘ Pramanasamuccaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	epistemology ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Buddhist epistemology NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
religiousTradition	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
school	Buddhist logic school ⓘ Yogacara NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedBy	Tibetan monastic universities ⓘ

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Uddyotakara → opposedThinkers → Dignaga ⓘ

Indian Buddhism → hasPhilosopher → Dignaga ⓘ

Tibetan Tengyur → includesWorksBy → Dignaga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dignāga

Buddhist logic → notableProponent → Dignaga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dignāga