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two giants of Indian philosophy, but Dharmakīrti, was the culminating point of not only dynamic but the whole of Indian philosophy. Dharmakīrti became the central figure around whom all the creative minds in India revolved. He was never excelled by any one in his critical reasoning, bold analysis and clear thinking. We are fortunate to have his chief treatise Pramāņavārtika with the word by word commentary of Manorathanandin. But in order to enter its world of thought more elaborate works were needed. This purpose is served by the present work which includes the commentary of the first chapter of Karnakagomin, and the · Bhāșya (Vārtikālaskāra) by Prajñākaragupta on the remaining three chapters. But we must remember that the Pramāņavārtika has 1,05,400 ślokas in Tibetan as its commentaries :
Devendrabuddhi (pañjikā) on II-IV chapters Sākyabuddhi (tīkā) on I-IV chapters Prajñākaragupta (bhāșya) on II-IV chapters. Jayānanta (bhāșya-țīkā) on II-IV chapters Yamāri (bhāșya-tīkā) on II-IV chapters Samkarānanda (tikā) Ravigupta (tīkā)
II-III chapters Karņakagomin and his commentary-The first chapter of P. V. (Svārthānumāna), which is really the third chapter of the work, has only two commentatorsSākyabuddhi and Karņakagomiņ. They both are subcommentators to the author's own vrtti on the "Svārthānumāna" chapter. Karnakagomin is more exacting in dealing with his subject, where he gives numerous
1 A pupil of Devendrabuddhi, the disciple of Dharmakirti.
