Author Affiliations: South Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
關鍵詞
Hetucakra; Trairūpya; Nine reasons; Dignāga
摘要
The little versified treatise on the elements of Buddhist logic, often referred to as the Hetucakraḍamaru, is usually attributed to Dignāga. It is only available in a Tibetan translation and quotations from a few of its verses are extant in Sanskrit sources. On the basis of a novel interpretation that is based on a critical edition of the text, we argue that there is a good reason why its title was Hetucakraḍlamaru - a ḍamant is a two-headed drum. The "heads" of the drum are circular and they refer to the sapakṣa and vipakṣa conditions of the logical reason (hetu). These "wheels" can be turned clock-wise and counter clock-wise. The nine positions that are located on the wheels do remind one of a dharmacakra, which has a center and eight positions that are placed around it as if it were a compass. We illustrate our interpretation of the text by means of various diagrams.
目次
Preliminaries 267 The Title, the Tibetan Translation, and the Tibetan Commentaries 270 Synopsis of the HC 277 English Translation of the HC and a Diagrammatic Analysis 278 Conjectures and Concluding Remarks 292
