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In this section of the Bibliography, the order of the works listed is
based on the alphabetical order of the root Tibetan letter of the
first syllable of the author’s name.
1. Pre-classical period
The available resources for the pre-classical period currently consist
of about 40 works. The majority of them were published as facsimile in
the series bKaʼ gdams gsung ʼbum (4 sets of 30
volumes each), dPal brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib ʼjug khang,
Chengdu, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang. A
few additional ones appeared as typeset editions or are available as
facsimile via the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (www.tbrc.org).
These resources include the works by Ngok Loden Shérap, Chapa,
Tsang Nakpa, Tsurtön Shönnu Senggé (mTshur ston
gZhon nu seng ge, ca. 1150–1210) and Chumikpa, as well as
several summaries and commentaries on Dharmakīrti’s
Pramāṇaviniścaya. The translations currently
available are limited to individual chapters and passages analyzed in
the studies mentioned under B. This entry relied in particular on the
following works:
- Anonymous (wrongly attributed to Klong chen Rab ʼbyams
pa)(12th or 13th c.). Tshad maʼi de kho na nyid bsdus
pa. Ed. by Padma tshul khrims, Chengdu, 2000: Si khron mi rigs
dpe skrun khang. (Scholar)
- Chu mig pa Seng ge dpal (ca. 1200–1270). gZhan gyi
phyogs thams cad las rnam par rgyal ba. bKaʼ gdams gsung
ʼbum phyogs bsgrigs thengs gnyis pa/gsum pa. Ed. dPal
brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib ʼjug khang, Chengdu, 2007: Si
khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, vol. 45, 11–163 and Chengdu,
2009: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, vol. 87, 315–448. (Scholar)
- rNgog Lo tsā ba Blo ldan shes rab (1059–1109).
Tshad ma rnam nges kyi dkaʼ baʼi gnas rnam par bshad
pa. Ed. by Sun Wenjing, Qinghai, 1994: Krung goʼi bod kyi
shes rig dpe skrun khang. (Scholar)
- Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge (1109–1169). Tshad ma yid kyi
mun pa sel pa. bKaʼ gdams gsung ʼbum phyogs bsgrigs
thengs dang po. Ed. dPal brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib
ʼjug khang, Chengdu, 2006: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, vol.
8, 434–626. (Scholar)
- Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge (1109–1169). Tshad ma rnam par
nges paʼi ʼgrel bshad yi ge dang rigs paʼi gnad la
ʼjug paʼi shes rab kyi ʼod zer. bKaʼ
gdams gsung ʼbum phyogs bsgrigs thengs dang po. Ed. dPal
brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib ʼjug khang, Chengdu, 2006: Si
khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, vol. 8, 35–427. (Scholar)
- gTsang drug pa rDo rje ʼod zer (ca. 12th c.). Yang dag
rigs paʼi gsal byed sgron ma. bKaʼ gdams gsung
ʼbum phyogs bsgrigs thengs gnyis pa. Ed. dPal brtsegs bod
yig dpe rnying zhib ʼjug khang, Chengdu, 2007: Si khron mi rigs
dpe skrun khang, vol. 47, 11–165. (Scholar)
- gTsang nag pa brTson ʼgrus seng ge (?–after 1195).
Tshad ma rnam par nges paʼi ṭi ka legs bshad bsdus
pa. Otani University Tibetan Works Series, Volume II, Kyoto,
1989: Rinsen Book Co. (Scholar)
- mTshur ston gZhon nu seng ge (ca. 1150–1210). Tshad ma
shes rab sgron ma. Ed. by P. Hugon, Vienna, 2004: Arbeitskreis
für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien (Wiener Studien zur
Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 60). (Scholar)
2. Classical and post-classical period (selective list)
- ʼJam dbyangs mChog lha ʼod zer (1429–1500).
Rwa stod bsdus grwa = Tshad ma rnam ʼgrel gyi bsdus gzhung
shes byaʼi sgo ʼbyed rgol ngan glang po ʼjoms pa gdong
lngaʼi gad rgyangs rgyu rig lde mig. In Rwa stod bsdus
grwa, Dharamsala, 1980. (Scholar)
- Sa skya Paṇḍita Kun dgaʼ rgyal mtshan
(1182–1251). Tshad ma rigs paʼi gter and Tshad
ma rigs paʼi gter gyi rang gi ʼgrel pa.
- Edition of the complete text: Ed. by Nor brang o rgyan in
Tshad ma rigs paʼi gter gyi rang gi ʼgrel pa,
Lhasa, 1989: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang. (Scholar)
- Edition and Japanese translation of chapters 1–5:
Yoichi Fukuda, Seiji Kimura, Hiroaki Arai. Tshad ma rigs paʼi
gter of Sa skya Paṇḍita Chapter 1/2/3/4a/4b/5. Text,
Translation and Notes, Chibetto ronrigaku kenkyū 1–6
{Studies in Tibetan Logic Vol. 1/2/3/4/5/6}, Tokyo,
1989/1990/1991/1992/1993/1994: The Tōyō Bunko (Studia
Tibetica 17/19/21/25/27/29).
- Edition and French translation of chapter 4 and of the
beginning of chapter 10: Pascale Hugon. Trésors du
raisonnement. Sa skya Paṇḍita et ses
prédécesseurs tibétains sur les modes de
fonctionnement de la pensée et le fondement de
l’inférence. Edition et traduction annotée du
quatrième chapitre et d’une section du dixième
chapitre du Tshad ma rigs paʼi gter. Vienna, 2008:
Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien (Wiener
Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 69.2). (Scholar)
- (Attributed to) Tsong kha pa Blo bzang grags pa (1357–1419).
sDe bdun la ʼjug paʼi sgo don gnyer yid kyi mun
sel. In Collected Works of Tsong kha pa – Khams gsum
chos kyi rgyal po Tsong kha pa chen poʼi gsung ʼbum,
Tashi lhunpo edition, published by Ngag dbang dge legs de mo, Delhi,
1975–79 (Ge den sung rab mi nyam gyun phel series 79–105),
vol. Tsha, 1a-25b. (Scholar)
1. General studies
For an introduction to the pre-classical and classical period of
Tibetan epistemology, see:
- Steinkellner, Ernst (2006). “The Buddhist Tradition of
Epistemology and Logic (tshad ma) and Its Significance for
Tibetan Civilisation,” in Andre Gingrich and Guntram Hazod
(eds.), Der Rand und die Mitte, Wien: Verlag der
Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 193–210. (Scholar)
- van der Kuijp, Leonard W.J. (1983). Contributions to the Development of Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner. (Scholar)
- van der Kuijp, Leonard W.J. (1989). “An Introduction to
Gtsang-nag-pa’s Tshad-ma rnam-par nges-paʼi ṭi-ka
legs-bshad bsdus-pa. An Ancient Commentary on
Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇaviniścaya, Otani
University Collection No.13971.” Introduction to the facsimile
edition of the text in Otani University Tibetan Works Series, Volume
II, Kyoto: Rinsen Book Co., 1–33. (Scholar)
For an overview of the characteristic features of Tibetan epistemology
in the pre-classical period, see:
A more detailed discussion, with a focus on Chapa’s views can be
found in:
- Hugon, Pascale and Stoltz, Jonathan (2019). The Roar of a
Tibetan Lion: Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge’s Theory of Mind in
Philosophical and Historical Perspective, Vienna: Austrian
Academy of Sciences Press. (Scholar)
The most extensive general study of the classical and post-classical
period is:
2. Specific studies
- Dreyfus, Georges B.J. (1991). “Dharmakīrti’s
Definition of Pramāṇa and Its Interpreters,”
in Ernst Steinkellner (ed.), Studies in the Buddhist
Epistemological Tradition. Proceedings of the Second International
Dharmakīrti Conference. Vienna, June 11–16, 1989,
Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,
19–38. (Scholar)
- Dreyfus, Georges B.J. (1992). “Universals in Indo-Tibetan
Buddhism,” in Ihara, S. and Yamaguchi, Z. (eds.), Tibetan
Studies, Proceedings of the Fifth Seminar of the IATS, Narita
1989, Narita, 29–46. (Scholar)
- Dreyfus, Georges B.J. (1999). “Getting Oriented in the
Tibetan Tradition: a Contribution,” in Katsura, Sh. (ed.),
Dharmakīrti’s Thought and Its Impact on Indian and
Tibetan Philosophy. Proceedings of the Third International
Dharmakīrti Conference. Hiroshima, November 4–6, 1997,
Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,
37–46. (Scholar)
- Gold, Jonathan (2007). The Dharma’s Gatekeepers: Sakya
Pandita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet, N.Y.: State University
of New York Press. Chapter 3, 45–53. (Scholar)
- Hugon, Pascale (2008). Trésors du raisonnement. Sa skya
Paṇḍita et ses prédécesseurs
tibétains sur les modes de fonctionnement de la pensée
et le fondement de l’inférence. Edition et traduction
annotée du quatrième chapitre et d’une section du
dixième chapitre du Tshad ma rigs paʼi gter. Vienna:
Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien (Wiener
Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 69.1). (Scholar)
- Hugon, Pascale (2009). “The Origin of the Theory of
Definition and its Place in Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge’s
Philosophical System,” in Hugon, P. and Vose, K., (eds.),
Tibetan scholasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Contributions to a panel at the XVth Congress of the International
Association of Buddhist Studies. Atlanta, 23–28 June 2008,
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies,
32(1–2): 319–368. (Scholar)
- Hugon, Pascale (2011). “Phya pa’s Views on
Perception,” in Krasser, H., Lasic, H., Franco, E., Kellner, B.
(eds.), Religion and Logic in Buddhist Philosophical Analysis.
Proceedings of the Fourth Dharmakīrti Conference. Vienna, August
23–27, 2005, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen
Akademie der Wissenschaften, 159–176. (Scholar)
- Hugon, Pascale (2014). “Tracing the Early Developments of
Tibetan Epistemological Categories in rNgog Blo ldan shes rab’s
(1059–1109) Concise Guide to the
Nyāyabinduṭīkā,” Journal of
Tibetology, 9: 194–234. (Scholar)
- Hugon, Pascale (2016). “Can one be a Mādhyamika, a
crypto-Vaibhāṣika, and a faithful interpreter of
Dharmakīrti? On Phya pa Chos kyi seng ge’s doxographical
divisions and his own philosophical standpoint,” Journal of
Tibetology, 15: 51–153. (Scholar)
- Kapstein, Matthew (2000). The Tibetan Assimilation of Buddhism. Conversion, Contestation, and Memory, New York: Oxford University Press. See in particular pp. 89–97. (Scholar)
- Ottmer, Eva (2003). Finger, die auf den Mond zeigen: eine Gegenüberstellung europäischer und Buddhistischer Sprachtheorien am Beispiel Ferdinand de Saussures und Sakya Paṇḍitas, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. (Scholar)
- Pind, Ole (1991). “Dignāga on
śabdasāmānya and
śabdaviśeṣa,” in Ernst Steinkellner
(ed.), Studies in the Buddhist Epistemological Tradition.
Proceedings of the Second International Dharmakīrti Conference.
Vienna, June 11–16, 1989, Vienna: Verlag der
Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 269–280. (Scholar)
- Rinbochay, Lati and Napper, Elizabeth (1980). Mind in Tibetan
Buddhism, Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion Publications. (Scholar)
- Schwabland, Peter A. (1995). “Direct and Indirect Cognition
and the Definition of pramāṇa in Early Tibetan
Epistemology,” Etudes Asiatiques, 49(4):
793–816. (Scholar)
- Stoltz, Jonathan (2006). “Sakya Pandita and the Status of Concepts,” Philosophy East and West, 56(4): 567–582. (Scholar)
- Stoltz, Jonathan (2006). “Concepts, Intension, and Identity in Tibetan Philosophy of Language,” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 29(2): 383–400. (Scholar)
- Stoltz, Jonathan (2007). “Gettier and Factivity in Indo-Tibetan Epistemology,” The Philosophical Quarterly, 57(228): 394–415. (Scholar)
- Stoltz, Jonathan (2009). “Phywa pa’s Argumentative
Analogy Between Factive Assessment (yid dpyod) and Conceptual
Thought (rtog pa),” in Hugon, P. and Vose, K., (eds.),
Tibetan scholasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Contributions to a panel at the XVth Congress of the International
Association of Buddhist Studies. Atlanta, 23–28 June 2008,
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies,
32(1–2): 369–386. (Scholar)
- Tillemans, Tom J.F. (1999). “On the So-Called Difficult
Point of the Apoha Theory,” in Scripture, Logic,
Language. Essays on Dharmakīrti and His Tibetan Successors,
Boston: Wisdom Publications (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism),
209–246. (Scholar)
- van der Kuijp, Leonard W.J. (1978). “Phya-pa Chos-kyi
Seng-ge’s Impact on Tibetan Epistemological Theory,”
Journal of Indian Philosophy, 5: 355–369. (Scholar)
- van der Kuijp, Leonard W.J. (1985). “Miscellanea Apropos of
the Philosophy of Mind in Tibet: Mind in Tibetan Buddhism,”
Tibet Journal, 10(1): 32–43. (Scholar)
- van der Kuijp, Leonard W.J. (2003). “A Treatise on Buddhist Epistemology and Logic Attributed to Klong chen Rab ʼbyams pa (1308–1364) and Its Place in Indo-Tibetan Intellectual History,” Journal of Indian Philosophy, 31: 381–437. (Scholar)
- van der Kuijp, Leonard W.J. (2009). “Classification of
Non-Authoritative Cognitive Processes (tshad min) in the Ngog
and Sakya Traditions,” in Williams Edelglass and Jay L. Garfield
(eds.), Buddhist Philosophy. Essential Readings,
218–223. (Scholar)