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Vinitadeva
Tibetan-preserved commentaries by Vinitadeva on Buddhist epistemology and Dharmakirti-Dignaga reasoning.
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Texts
Commentary on the Examination of Relations — VinitadevaA word-by-word commentary on Dharmakirti's Examination of Relations, systematically demonstrating that no form of relation — dependence, blending, mutual regard, conjunction, inherence, or causation — truly exists as a real entity. A new English translation from Classical Tibetan.Commentary on the Examination of the Object — VinitadevaVinītadeva's commentary on Dignāga's root text on what constitutes the object of cognition — a foundational text in Buddhist epistemology arguing that atoms and aggregates cannot be the true objects of perception, and that the object is internal to consciousness. A new English translation.Commentary on the Proof of Other Mind-streams — VinitadevaVinītadeva's word-by-word commentary on Dharmakīrti's proof that other mind-streams exist — a new English translation from Classical Tibetan.