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THE VĀDAVIDHI AND THE VĀDAVIDHĀNA
OF VASUBANDHU
By H. R. R. IYENGAR (Oriental Research Institute, Mysore)
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UDYOTAKARA mentions in his Vārtika titles of three works without the author's name: a "Vādavidhi,” while examining the definitions of Pratijñā,' a " Vādavidhāna” in connection with the refutation of the definition of Vāda,' and a “ Vādavidhānatīkā,” while discussing the definitions of Pakşa. Dr. Satischandra Vidyābhūshana assumed “Vādavidhāna" to be a different title of “ Vādavidhi" and ascribed it to Dharmakirti, taking it to be identical with the “ Vādanyāya." He, further, assumed " Vādavidhānatīkā" to be identical with the “ Vādanyāyatīka" of Vinītadēva". In my article “Vādavidhi", contributed to JBORS", I contradicted his view and set forth evidences to support my view that " Vādavidhi " was a work of Ācārya Vasubandhu, quite different from the “Vādanyāya " of Dharmakirti. Prof. H. Jacobi, to whom I had sent an offprint of my article, wrote to me that he "perfectly agreed with me that Udyotakara was much earlier than Dharmakirti."
*NV. p. 117, on NSI. i. 33. 'NV. p. 154-55 on N6I. ii. 1. *NV. p. 117 on NSI. i. 33.
* HIL: p. 320; JRAS 1914. p. 601-606. Introduction to the Bilingiual Index to the Nyāyabindu, pp. ix-x.
\" Vādavidhi"-JBORS Dec. 1926. pp. 587-591.
