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Vasubandhu and the Vādavidhi

By H. R. Rangaswamy Iyengar

Vol. 5 · No. 1March - 1929pp. 81–86English
Pramana Theory Discussion

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Vasubandhu and the Vādavidhi

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This analysis significantly advances the discourse on Vasubandhu's *Vadavidhi* by rigorously challenging prior assumptions about textual identity and authorship. By demonstrating substantial textual parallels between Uddyotakara's citations and fragments attributed to Vasubandhu's *Vadavidhi*, the study strengthens the case for Uddyotakara's direct engagement with Vasubandhu's logic treatise. The identification of shared definitions, particularly *pratipad*, *pakṣa*, and *anumāna*, provides compelling evidence that Uddyotakara drew directly from Vasubandhu’s work rather than Dharmakirti’s *Vidyāyaya*. The corroboration by Vācaspati further solidifies this conclusion, refuting earlier claims of textual confusion. The study underscores the importance of precise textual comparison in resolving historical and philosophical attributions, ultimately affirming the *Vadavidhi* as a distinct and influential work in the development of Buddhist logic.

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  • “Uddyotakara in his Nyayavdrsika mentions two treatises on logic, एंड, the Vadavidhi and the Vidavidhanati£3® and also quotes the definition of Pratifiiz found in the Vidanyiyae,® vow extant only in Tibetan,”
  • “The identification of the two texts, the Vidavidhkamatikd and the Padamyayatits, 15 beset with great difficulties,”
  • “The Vadavidhs is not the Vidanyiya of Dharmakirti, but ત work of Vasubandhu and that on no ground can the contemporaneity of Uddyotakara and Dhamakirti be established.”

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  1. Vaswbandhu and the Viadavidhi
  2. JRAS, 1914, pp. 6o01-6
  3. JRAS, 1914, p. 1102
  4. JBORS, xii, 587-901
  5. Keith, History of Sanskrit Literature, Preface, viii

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Vol. 5 · No. 1
1–5Fables in the Vinaya‑Piṭaka of the Sarvāstivādin SchoolJean Przyluski6–14The Coronation of Candragupta MauryaJyotirmoy Sen14–30A Buddhist Inscription from Bodh‑Gaya of the Reign of JayacandradevaNirad Bandhu Sanyal31–35The Adipurāṇa and BrhatkathaA. Venkatasubbiah35–48Madanapāla’s Coronation and Identification of CandraRadha Govinda Basak49–80The Date of KanishkaHari Charan Ghosh81–86Vasubandhu and the VādavidhiH. R. Rangaswamy IyengarCurrent article86–102The Gahādavālas of KanaujAtul Krishna Sur103–112On some points connected with the Land Revenue Administration in Bengal during the 5th–7th centuries A.C.U. N. Ghoshal113–119Studies in the History of VijayanagarV. Narasimham119–124The Karoura of PtolemyK. V. Krishna Ayyar124–128Condition of Education and Architecture in the Bahmani KingdomJogindra Nath Chowdhuri129–133A Note on the Vastrapatha‑Mahatmya of the Skanda PurāṇaHem Chandra Raychaudhuri133–135Date of BallālasenaChintaharan Chakravarti136–137Was the Equation of Time known to the Vedic Seers?Ekendra Nath Ghosh137–138Date of the MṛcchakaṭikāJ. C. Ghatak138–141MatilakamT. K. Krishna Menon142–143Sankisa as a Jaina TirthaKamta Prasad Jain143–144PrasnottararatnamalikaVidhushekhara Bhattacharya145–153Notes on DravidianL. V. Ramaswami Aiyar153–154Fifth All‑India Oriental Conference, 1928U. N. Ghoshal155–164ReviewsDinesh Chandra Bhattacharya, Batakrishna Ghosh165–169Select Contents of Oriental Journals170–171Obituary: Prof. Karl Friedrich GeldnerBatakrishna Ghosh172–172Bibliographical Notes

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