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Is there a an online copy of English translation of Pramanavarttika of Shri Dharmakirthi?

Of the available links only second chapter is available.

If the full version is available, please provide the link for it.

  • Can down voters please say why you are downvoting. So that if there's something I can fix, I will fix it. –  Mar 25 '21 at 16:24
  • Maybe it is because you aspirated the T in "Dharmakīrti?" Who knows? It's a fine question, so it's back to 0 from -1 now. – Caoimhghin Mar 26 '21 at 19:27

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Here is a chapter.

I didn't see any full translations, but you can find bits like this, also like the second chapter you found.

https://www.academia.edu/30822030/Dharmakirtis_Pramanavarttika_An_annotated_translation_of_the_fourth_chapter_Vol_1_k_1_148_

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  • I'm especially looking for the first chapter which is just not foubd anywhere. –  Mar 27 '21 at 06:05
  • The formatting is absolutely terrible on this old document, but I also found this: https://archive.org/stream/AStudyOfDharmakirtisPramanavarttikaMasatoshiNagatomi/A%20study%20of%20Dharmakirti%27s%20Pramanavarttika_%20-%20Masatoshi%20Nagatomi_djvu.txt – Caoimhghin Mar 27 '21 at 14:54
  • even in this the first chapter seems to be missing and onlysecond chaptee is present. I'm trying to find Dharmakirti's refutation of authorlessness and authority of Vedas. I cant find it. Its supposed to be there in the first chapter. I can't find it in the link you have given. –  Mar 27 '21 at 17:06
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    On this page here, https://east.ikga.oeaw.ac.at/buddh/ind/7/16/, you'll see "Mookerjee, Satkari, and Hojun Nagasaki. 1964. The Pramāṇavārttikam of Dharmakīrti: An English Translation of the First Chapter with the Autocommentary and with Elaborate Comments. Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra Research Publication 4. Patna: Nava Nālandā Mahāvihāra." – Caoimhghin Mar 27 '21 at 18:01
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    If you can track that down, hopefully it would be the whole first chapter. – Caoimhghin Mar 27 '21 at 18:02
  • thanks for the amazing work. I know about this book. But this book is copyright protected and is not available online. –  Mar 27 '21 at 18:23
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    Have you tried looking in the library catalogs of nearby universities? – Caoimhghin Mar 27 '21 at 19:56
  • I'm in a country where the nearest university library which has this book is in a different country. –  Mar 28 '21 at 02:22
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Yes, there are quite a few trasnlations available in ENglish, by reputed scholars of the field. The book has a total of five chapters. SOme works cover individual chapters like Tom J.F. Tilleman's translation, which is of the fourth chapter or Nagatomi's PhD disstertation which is a translation work of the first chapter. Another scholar by the name of John D. Dunne has some parts translated, in his book titiled Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy. There is a translation by Mookerjee and Nagasaki. There is an e-text by MOtoi Ono. Then there are some translations that include the commentary. But to be able to access good translations, you would very likely need UNiversity access or individual subscriptions. Books are more easily available.

Edit: You may find the following link useful. https://east.ikga.oeaw.ac.at/buddh/ind/7/16/

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