Saṃtānāntarasiddhi

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Saṃtānāntarasiddhi (T. rgyud gzhan grub pa རྒྱུད་གཞན་གྲུབ་པ་), or "Proof of Other Minds," is one of the seven treatises on pramāṇa by Dharmakirti. This text deals with the repudiation of solipsism (the idea that only one's mind is sure to exist).[1]

Commentaries on this work include:[2]

Translation

  • Stcherbatsky, Th. (1969), Establishment of the Existence of Other Minds: Annotated Translation of Saṃtānāntarasiddhi. A Free Translation of Dharmakīrti’s Santānāntarasiddhi with Vinītadeva’s Santānāntarasiddhiṭīkā, Calcutta: ISPP (Translated into English by Hasrish. C. Gupta) . Info page

Notes

  1. ↑ rgyud gzhan grub pa, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. ↑ Santānāntarasiddhi by Dharmakīrti, Epistemology and Argumentation in South Asia and Tibet

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