Bhāviveka’s Criticism of the Mīmāṃsaka in the Prajñāpradīpa: The Differences between the Chinese and the Tibetan Translations
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: In the twenty-second chapter of the Prajñāpradīpa, which was translated into Chinese by Prabhākaramitra and into Tibetan by Klu’i rgyal mtshan, Bhāviveka, a Mādhyamika philosopher, criticizes the Mīmāṃsaka in a context where he makes a ‘‘digression’’ on the Tathāgata’s omniscience. In the beginning, Bhāviveka introduces a syllogism by which the Mīmāṃsaka tries to reject the Buddhist view of omniscience. Bhāviveka’s counter-argument differs in, respectively, the Chinese and the Tibetan translations. However, previous studies have studied only one of these translations.
DOI: 10.4259/ibk.69.2_891
Author: Masaki Tamura
Institution: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Language: English
Topic: Indian and Buddhist Studies
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3198359846