________________ DIGNAGA'S THEORY OF DIRECT KNOWLEDGE misreading of the text being found almost in every line. The present translation is based on, in principle, Tshad-ma kun-las btus-pahi hgrel-pa (Pramanasamuccaya-vrtti), Kanakavarman's version, Peking Ed., Mdo-hgrel XCV (Ce), fol. 93 bff. Verses of PS are properly inserted between lines by the present writer. Constant references have been made to Vasudhararaksita's version, Peking Ed., Mdo-hgrel XCV, fol. 13 aff and Jinendrabuddhi's Visalamalavati-nama Pramanasamuccaya-vrtti, Sde-dge & Peking Eds. The writer wishes to acknowledge his gratitude to Prof. Hatano, Tohoku Univ., Asst. Prof. Miyasaka, Koyasan Univ., Asst. Prof. Ihara, Kyushu Univ. and Mr. Hasuba, Otani Univ., through whose courtesy he could obtain the photographic copies of the abovementioned texts. The writer has also to express his indebtedness to Jain Muni Jam buvijaya who was kind enough to send the writer a proof of his Sanskrit reconstruction of PS, Chap. I, which is expected to be out soon as an appendix to his edition of Nayacakra-vrtti. Owing to this excellent Sanskrit reconstruction, the writer could clarify some ambiguous points. Muni Jambuvijaya collected many original passages of PS thus far left unnoticed from various sources, which, however, have not been noted in this paper because the writer does not like to refer to them before the publication of the said work. (Fol. 93b, 5) $1. SALUTATION Verse 1. I salute Him who is the personification of valid knowledge, who pursues the benefit of the living beings, who is the teacher, the sugata, the protector. And, in order to establish the means of valid knowledge, I shall unite here under one head the scattered fragments from all my other treatises!). BL Abbreviations. AKV Sphutartha Abhidharmakosavyakhya, Ed. by U. Wogihara, Tokyo, 1932-36. Th. Stcherbatsky, Buddhist Logic, 2 Vols, Bibliotheca Buddhica XXVI, Leningrad, 1930-32. DP Dharmottarapradipa, Ed. by D. Malvania, Patna, 1955. NB Nyayabindu of Dharmakirti. NBh Nyayabhasya of Vatsyayana. NBT Nyayabindu-tika of Dharmottara, Ed. with DP. NM Nyayamukha, Chinese Version, Taisho Tripitaka, XXXII, pp. 1-6. NV Nyayavarttika of Uddyotakara, Varanasi Ed. NVTT Nyayavarttika-tatparya-tika of Vacaspatimisra, Kashi Skt. Ser. Pramanasamuccaya. PSV Pramanasamuccaya-vstti. PSVT Visalamalavati-nama Pramanasamuccaya-tika, Tibetan Version, Tohoku, No. 4268. TS Tattvasamgraha of Santaraksita, Gaekwad Oriental Series, Nos. XXX, XXXI, Baroda 1926. TSP Tattvasamgraha-panjika of Kamalasila, Ed. with TS. Pramanavartikabhasyam or Vartikalamkarah of Prajnakaragupta, Ed. by R. Sankstyayana, Patna, 1953. VPM Vibhuticandra annexed to Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika with a Commentary by Ma norathanandin, Ed. by R. Sankstyayana, Patna, 1937. VA
