Opening Speech 4th International Dharmakirti Conference Vienna 20050823

SR No.: 269538
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ernst Steinkellner
Publisher: Ernst Steinkellner
Total Pages: 7
Language: English
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d. A completely unknown commentary on Arcața's Hetubinduţikā by a
completely unknown author, the Hetubinduţikātātparyavyākhyā of a certain Jayabhadra (?), the reading of the first akşara being quite uncertain. His epithet in the colophon is interesting, however: mahāmandalācāryyapanditarājaguru may indicate a scholar belonging to Nepalese royalty. In fact an 6h generation ancestor of Jayasthiti Malla (reigning 1382-1395) is mentioned by this name.?
This is a complete ms of 123ff. e. Finally, ca 10 unidentified, mostly fragmentary manuscripts of between 8 and
120 ff. contain texts that Luo Zhao assumed to belong to the pramāņa tradition. Numerous stray leaves also are to be considered as possibly belonging to the same, for at least one has already been identified as the last folio of PVin's manuscript E.
3. The last group of texts belongs to the upper limits of our access possibilities as we currently see them. From Luo Zhao's lists we know of the existence of a bundle of paper manuscripts in the Potala which contains fifteen identified texts and one stray leaf. This bundle seems to consists of a collective manuscript. It is written on Bhutanese paper, and Luo Zhao states that "almost a quarter of the right edge is burnt" and that the left side is also slightly burnt." This flawed condition and the fact that it is "merely" a paper manuscript were probably the reasons why this bundle was not later photographed. The CTRC, therefore, has no photocopies of this bundle in its library. The texts listed are, however, exciting, notwithstanding their partial incompleteness. From the pramāņa tradition the following texts are included:
a. Dignāga's Nyāyamukha (5 ff.) b. Sankarasvāmin's Nyāyapraveśaka c. Dharmakīrti's Sambandhaparikşākārikā (3 ff.) d. Dharmakīrti's Santānāntarasiddhiprakarana (2 ff.) e. Dharmakīrti's Pramāņaviniścayakārikā (2 ff.) f. Dharmakīrti's Nyāyabindu (3ff.) g. Vinītadeva's Sambandhavicārabhāşya (8 ff.) h. Vinītadeva's Hetubinduţikā (31 ff.) i. Vinītadeva's Śisyahitā Nyāyabindutikā (14 ff.) j. Vinītadeva's Santānāntarasiddhiţikā (6 ff.)
Cf. LUCIANO PETECH, Mediaeval History of Nepal (c. 750-1480). Roma 1958, 151. C. DOKUMENTE UND EINSTELLUNGEN ERNST DESKTOPESTE DATENTEXTEGRÕBERESIVORTRÄGEM. DH-CONF. NEWS FROM THE MANUSCRIPT DEPARTMENT DOC (10-Dec-05)