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Jetari

Short Tibetan-preserved treatises by Jetari on Buddhist logic, doctrinal systems, and property analysis.

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Texts

Determining Property and Property-Possessor — JetariA systematic analysis of how properties relate to their substrata — the foundational distinction in Buddhist logic. By Jetari, ~940-1000 CE. First English translation.Instruction on the True Nature of Reasons — JetariA systematic primer on Buddhist logic and epistemology by Jetari (c. 10th century), covering valid cognition, inference, the three characteristics of reasons, and all categories of logical fallacy. First English translation from the Tibetan Tengyur.Verses Distinguishing the Systems of the Sugata — JetariEight verses mapping the four Buddhist philosophical schools — Vaibhāṣika, Sautrāntika, Yogācāra, and Madhyamaka — in ascending order, each dismantled by the next. First English translation from the Tibetan Buddhist Tengyur (D3899). By Jetāri, the great Bengali scholar of the 10th–11th century.