The University of Nalanda c11.16

c11.16

Ever since the Chinese and Japanese came to know of him and his works, they have looked upon him with great admiration. "And even up to the present day Diṅnāga has a firm hold on the learned people of China and Japan, in spite of the fact that there had been many distinguished Naiyāyikas in both China and Japan. And as European system of Logic has been only recently introduced, Diṅnāga is still studied,"² There is a difference of opinion as to when he lived. Keith says, "He lived probably before A.D. 400."³ While the Japanese would place him between 400-500 A.D.¹ This latter appears to be the more correct date because we have assigned the fifth century to Vasubandhu, Diṅnāga, who came after him, must necessarily be assigned 500 or even 520 to 600 A.D.