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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. First 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. First 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 — first English translation from Classical Tibetan.