Buddhist Philosophy of Language in India

Lawrence J. McCrea is assistant professor of Sanskrit Studies at Cornell University and the author of The Teleology of Poetics in Medieval Kashmir. Parimal G. Patil is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and author of Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India.

• Preface Introduction 1. Jnanasrimitra's Intellectual World and Its History Jnanasrimitra's Intellectual Contexts Philosophical Traditions and Text Traditions Sanskrit Intellectual Practices Sources of Knowledge 2. The Buddhist Epistemological Tradition: Dignaga and Dharmakirti Objects and Their Status The Elements of Inferential Reasoning 3. Dharmottara's Epistemological Revolution 4. Jnanasrimitra's Reworking of the Theory of Exclusion Relativization of Internal and External Conditionally Adopted Positions 5. Translation Practices Editorial Conventions Numbering System Jnanasrimitra's Monograph on Exclusion Outline Translation Sanskrit Text of the Monograph on Exclusion Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

Lawrence J. McCrea and Parimal G. Patil havce provided us with a fine translation of a rare and difficult Sanskrit text by Jnanasrimitra, a Buddhist philosopher who lived in the late tenth and early eleventh century... Excellent... This work will remain the standard English translation of Jnanasrimitra's Monograph on Exclusion for many years to come. International Journal of Hindu Studies