Dharmakīrti on the Cessation of Suffering - A Critical Edition with Translation and Comments of Manorathanandinʼs Vṛtti and Vibhūticandraʼs Glosses on Pramāṇavārttika II.190-216

Liberation from suffering is an underlying subject in Indian doctrinal and philosophical history. This book is a study of Dharmakīrti's discussion on the topic according to Manorathanandin, the last commentator on the Pramāṇavārttika in the Sanskrit cosmopolis.

About the author

Cristina Pecchia, PhD (La Sapienza, Rome) is a researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. She has published articles on Dharmakīrti's philosophy, Indian manuscript tradition and textual criticism.

Product details

• Assisted by: Cristina Pecchia (Editor), Philip Pierce (Editor), Cristina Pecchia (Translation), Philip Pierce (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2015
• EAN: 9789004293410
• ISBN: 978-90-04-29341-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 640 g
• Series: Brill's Indological Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions