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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Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2017-07-01
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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 |