Once Again on the *Hetucakraḍamaru: Rotating the Wheels

He, Huan-huan (著); van der Kuijp, Leonard W. J. (著)

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		Once Again on the *Hetucakraḍamaru: Rotating the Wheels

Author	He, Huan-huan (著) ; van der Kuijp, Leonard W. J. (著)
Source	Journal of Indian Philosophy
Volume	v.44 n.2
Date	2016.04
Pages	267 - 302
Publisher	Springer
Publisher Url	http://www.springer.com/gp/
Location	Berlin, Germany [柏林, 德國]
Content type	期刊論文=Journal Article
Language	英文=English
Note	Author Affiliations: South Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Keyword	Hetucakra; Trairūpya; Nine reasons; Dignāga
Abstract	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.
Table of contents	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
ISSN	00221791 (P); 15730395 (E)
DOI	10.1007/s10781-014-9263-2
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Created date	2019.10.15
Modified date	2023.10.11

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