Dignagas Criticism Of Samkhya Theory Of Perception

Author(s): Massaki Hattori
Publisher: Massaki Hattori

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DIGNAGA'S CRITICISM OF THE SANKHYA THEORY
OF PERCEPTION
MASAAKI HATTORI
FOREWORD
In the first chapter of the Pramānasamuccaya, Dignāga, after elucidating his own theory of direct knowledge (pratyakşa), criticizes theories of perception formulated in the Vādavidhi and by the Naiyāyikas, the Vaišeşikas, the Samkhyas and the Mimāṁsakas. This paper is intended for providing readers with critical edition of Tibetan texts along with an annotated translation of the portion of the Pramāṇasamuccaya-vịtti, Chapter I, wherein the Samkhya theory of perception is criticized. In preparing this edition, the following have been collated :K: Tshad-ma kun-las btus-paħi hgrel-pa, Tr. by Kanakavarman and Dad-pa
ses-rab, Peking Ed., TTRI”, Vol. 130, No. 5702. V: ditto, Tr. by Vasudhararakṣita and Sen-rgyal, Peking Ed., TTRI, Vol. 130,
No. 5701, Sde-dge Ed., Tōhoku No. 4204. Kk: Tshad-ma kun-las btus-pa, Tr. by Kanakavarman and Dad-paḥi ses-rab,
Peking Ed., TTRI, Vol. 130, No. 5700. Vk: ditto, Tr. by Vasudhararakṣita and Şa-ma sen-rgyal, Sde-dge Ed., Tōhoku
No. 4203. The verses of the Pramāṇasamuccaya have been printed in italics and numbered in order. The whole text has been divided for convenience sake into paragraphs A......K, and some of them have been subdivided. In taranslating the text, K has been followed in principle, and constant reference has been made to V. Passages where the present writer has adopted V have been marked with (V... ...V). As Dignāga's exposition is very condensed in most cases, the writer has inserted between lines many explanatory words, which have
1) Some portions have been translated and studied in M. Hattori, Dignāga's Theory of Direct Knowledge, Bulletin of the Univ. of Osaka Prefecture, Ser. C, Vol. 7, do., "Ronki" no Chikaku-setsu ni taisuru Dignāga no Hihan (Dignāga's Criticism of the Vädavidhi's Theory of Perception). Syūkyo Kenkyü (yet unpublished) and, H. Kitagawa, Shöri-gakuha no Genro-setsu ni taisuru Jinna no Hihan (Dignāga's Criticism of the Nyaya Theory of Perception), Nagoya-Dai gaku Bungaku-bu Kenkyu-Ronshü, Tetsugaku, Vol. XXI.
2) The Tibetan Tripitaka, Peking Edition, reprinted and published by the Tibetan Tripitaka Research Institute, Tokyo-Kyoto.