Śaṅkarasvāmin’s Introduction to Logic – Translation with an Introduction Cover Image

Śaṅkarasvāmin Nyāyapraveśája, avagy egy buddhista logikai kézikönyv a hatodik századból
Śaṅkarasvāmin’s Introduction to Logic – Translation with an Introduction

Author(s): Sándor Pajor
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Non-European Philosophy, Logic, Indian Philosophy
Published by: Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem
Keywords: Śaṅkarasvāmin; Dignāga; Buddhism; Buddhist philosophy; Buddhist logic; Nyāya; Indian logic;history of logic;

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the Nyāya-praveśa (Introduction to Logic), a work by Dignāga’s pupil, Śaṅkarasvāmin, who lived in the middle of the sixth century AD. The Nyāya-praveśa is a brief treatise on Buddhist logic perhaps written for beginner students. With its help they could learn the fundamentals of reasoning and the different fallacies one can make in reasoning. The article contains a full Hungarian translation and an introduction with some remarks on the question of authorship.

  • Issue Year: X/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 57-71
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Hungarian