Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t3.1

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Hetuvidya of Tibetan Buddhism (Tshad Ma Rig Pa) is the main subject and debate way of Tibetan Buddhism interpreting its semantics, and it is also called as Pramana. Its connotations are related to logistics, cognition and epistemology of Buddhism. *Hetuvidya* of Tibetan Buddhism comes from Indian Buddhism, has been developed in Tibet creatively, is listed one of the five great theories of Buddhism as well as becomes main component of 10 Tibetan metaphysics and plays an important role in studying and cultivating Tibetan Buddhism.