Saturday, January 14, 2012

Epistemic Idealism

The term can be found, for example, in McClintock 2010: 85–86, n. 227 (referring to Dunne 2004: 53–79) and is used for rendering Antarjñeyavāda (Shes bya nang gir smra ba). The Sanskrit term antarjñeyavādin, contrasted with bāhyārthavādin, is attested, for instance, in Jinendrabuddhi’s Pramāṇasamuccayaṭīkā (vol. 1, p. 90.6). I would like to thank Harunaga Isaacson for pointing out this to me. See lCang-skya, Dag yig (p. 493.22–25), where Shes-bya-nang-gir-smra-ba has been listed as a synonym of Yogācāra.




2 comments:

  1. Dear Dorji,

    I can confirm that antarjñeyavādin is attested in Sanskrit texts: see e.g. Jinendrabuddhi's Pramāṇasamuccayaṭīkā vol. 1 ed. Steinkellner et al., p. 80 (contrasted with bāhyārthavādin), as is also antarjñeyanaya: see e.g. Karṇakagomin's Pramāṇavārttikasvavṛttiṭīkā ed. Sankrtyayana p. 210 (again contrasted with bāhyārthanaya).

    Thanks for your several blogs!

    H.I.

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  2. Dear Haru,

    Thank you so much for the valuable references.

    Dorji

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