Translations of pratyakṣa chapter of Pramāṇavārttika

Roger Jackson Discussion

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing on behalf of a colleague not on H-Buddhism who wishes to use the pratyakṣa chapter of Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇavārttika in a class he is offering. My sense is that this is the least-studied of the four chapters, but I would be grateful for any leads on English translations – even partial ones – of which you may be aware.

With thanks in advance and best wishes,

Roger Jackson

John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion, Emeritus

Carleton College

Northfield, MN 55057 USA

rjackson@carleton.edu

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Dear Roger,

Eli Franco & Miyako Notake, Dharmakirti on the Duality of the Object (Lit Verlag 2014), translates the first 63 verses.

best,
Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
EPHE, Paris

Dear Roger, there is no full English translation of the entire pratyakṣa chapter yet. Tosaki Hiromasa translated the entire chapter into Japanese, but that's as far as complete translations into modern languages go.

Information on editions and translations of pramāṇa literature is, by the way, gathered in the EAST database (for the Pramāṇavārttika: east.uni-hd.de/buddh/ind/7/16/), a continually enhanced collaborative online resource. Information in the database also includes partial translations.

With best wishes,

Birgit Kellner
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

Dear Roger, My Ph.D. dissertation, supervised by Prof. Eli Franco, has done a part of the English translation of the pratyakṣa chapter, 60 verses of PV 3.425-484. If you are interested in it, here is the link: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-210814 Best wishes, Lo, King Chung New Asia Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies, Hong Kong