The concept of svasaṃvedana in Dignāga and Candrakīrti

The concept of reflexive awareness (Sanskrit svasaṃvedana or svasaṃvitti, Tibetan rang rig) is considered an important epistemological notion in the Dignāga tradition of Buddhist pramāṇa theory. The traditionally accepted view is that Dignāga advocates Yogācāra’s notion of reflexive awareness in the...

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Main Author: Nurboo, Tsering (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax 2022
In: Asian philosophy
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 448-465
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Dignāga ca. 5.Jh. / Candrakīrti / Reflection (Philosophy) / Pad-ma-dkar-po 1527-1592
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Candrakīrti (c. 600–650 AD)
B Padma dkar po (1527-1592)
B Dignāga (c. 480–540 AD)
B svasaṃvedana (reflexive awareness)
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