Once Again on the *Hetucakraḍamaru: Rotating the Wheels

Autor: Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Huanhuan He
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Indian Philosophy. 44:267-302
ISSN: 1573-0395
0022-1791
DOI: 10.1007/s10781-014-9263-2
Popis: The little versified treatise on the elements of Buddhist logic, often referred to as the Hetucakraḍamaru, is usually attributed to Dignāga. It is only available in a Tibetan translation and quotations from a few of its verses are extant in Sanskrit sources. On the basis of a novel interpretation that is based on a critical edition of the text, we argue that there is a good reason why its title was Hetucakraḍamaru - a ḍamaru is a two-headed drum. The “heads” of the drum are circular and they refer to the sapakṣa and vipakṣa conditions of the logical reason (hetu). These “wheels” can be turned clock-wise and counter clock-wise. The nine positions that are located on the wheels do remind one of a dharmacakra, which has a center and eight positions that are placed around it as if it were a compass. We illustrate our interpretation of the text by means of various diagrams.
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