Introduction

This volume presents the primary textual materials supporting Stcherbatsky’s historical and philosophical reconstruction of Buddhist logic. Its importance lies not only in translating the Nyāya-bindu and Dharmottara’s commentary, but also in interpreting their concise Sanskrit formulations through comparative engagement with Buddhist and non-Buddhist Indian philosophical traditions. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface A Short Treatise of Logic (Nyāya-bindu) by Dharmakīrti, with its Commentary (Nyāya-bindu-ṭīkā) by Dharmottara, translated from the Sanskrit text edited in the Bibliotheca Buddhica I. Perception II. Inference III. Syllogism Appendices Vācaspati Miśra on the Buddhist Theory of Perception Vācaspati Miśra on the Buddhist Theory of a Radical Distinction between Sensation and Conception (pramāṇa-vyavasthā versus pramāṇa-samplava) The Theory of Mental Sensation (mānasa-pratyakṣa) Vasubandhu, Vinītadeva, Vācaspati Miśra, Udayana, Dignāga and Jinendrabuddhi on the Act and the Content of Knowledge, on the Coordination (sārūpya) of Percepts with Their Objects and on Our Knowledge of the External World Vācaspati Miśra on Buddhist Nominalism (apoha-vāda) Corrections to the Texts of the Nyāya-bindu, Nyāya-bindu-ṭīkā and Nyāya-bindu-ṭīkā-Ṭippaṇī Printed in the Bibliotheca Buddhica Indices I. Proper Names II. Schools III. Sanskrit Works IV. Sanskrit Words and Expressions