Dignaga
E448532
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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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512951 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dignaga Context triple: [Uddyotakara, opposedThinkers, Dignaga]
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Mahendradatta
Mahendradatta was a Javanese queen and princess of the Isyana dynasty, known as the consort of King Udayana of Bali and the mother of King Airlangga of Java.
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Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
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Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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D.
Vijnanabhikshu
Vijnanabhikshu was a prominent 16th-century Indian philosopher best known for his influential commentaries that systematized and harmonized the Samkhya, Yoga, and Vedanta traditions.
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Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa was a prominent 7th–8th century Indian philosopher and theologian known for his influential defense of Vedic ritualism and development of the Purva Mimamsa school.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dignaga Target entity description: 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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A.
Mahendradatta
Mahendradatta was a Javanese queen and princess of the Isyana dynasty, known as the consort of King Udayana of Bali and the mother of King Airlangga of Java.
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B.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
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C.
Somānanda
Somānanda was an early Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher and theologian whose non-dual Trika teachings helped lay the foundations for later thinkers like Abhinavagupta.
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D.
Vijnanabhikshu
Vijnanabhikshu was a prominent 16th-century Indian philosopher best known for his influential commentaries that systematized and harmonized the Samkhya, Yoga, and Vedanta traditions.
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E.
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa was a prominent 7th–8th century Indian philosopher and theologian known for his influential defense of Vedic ritualism and development of the Purva Mimamsa school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist logician
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Indian Buddhist philosopher ⓘ epistemologist ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
5th century
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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
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Dharmakirti NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Nyaya logicians ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosophy ⓘ Tibetan scholastic curricula ⓘ later Indian Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Vasubandhu
NERFINISHED
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early Buddhist Abhidharma ⓘ |
| knownFor |
apoha theory of meaning
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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
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Hetucakra NERFINISHED ⓘ Pramanasamuccaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Buddhist epistemology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
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| religiousTradition | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| school |
Buddhist logic school
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Yogacara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Tibetan monastic universities ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Dignaga Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Dignāga
this entity surface form:
Dignāga