Thoughts on the Early Indian Yogācāra Understanding of Āgama- Pramāṇa

The Buddhist approach to testimony (āptavāda, āptāgama) as a valid means of cognition (pramāṇa) is far from univocal and involves an intricate and often also ambivalent attitude toward scriptural authority.  The paper focuses on several early Yogācāra Buddhist thinkers who accepted testimony as a re...

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Main Author: Roy Tzohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2017-07-01
Series:Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies
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Online Access:http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/2255