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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. A new 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. A new 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. A new English translation from the Tibetan Buddhist Tengyur (D3899). By Jetāri, the great Bengali scholar of the 10th–11th century.