A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.308

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In the 5th century A.D. there lived Sthiramati,³ Dignāga (or Diṅnāga), and somewhat younger Dharmapāla, teachers who arose from Vasubandhu's school. Sthiramati wrote a commentary on the Kāśyapa-Parivarta, or Ratnakūṭa,⁴ and on Vasubandhu's Trimśikā. Dharmapāla wrote a commentary on the Vijñaptimātratā-Siddhi. The greatest and most independent thinker among the successors of Vasubandhu is Dignāga, the founder of Buddhist logic, and one of the foremost figures in the history of Indian Philosophy.¹ Only *a single one* of Dignāga's works, the Nyāyapraveśa, has come down in Sanskrit; we know the others only from the Tibetan translations.² The principal work of his successor Dharmakīrti,³ the Nyāyabindu, has come down to us in Sanskrit.