The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c8.18
The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c8.18
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² Udgrahaṇa is literally “abstraction”, kalpanā “imagination”, “construction”. It corresponds to the part taken in Kant’s system by “productive imagination”, whereas vijñāna, or the pratyakṣa of Dignāga, corresponds to “reine Sinnlichkeit”. Cf. my Logic of later Buddhists (chapter on kalpanā).