Dignāga

Dignāga was an Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician. He is credited as one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic and atomism. Dignāga's work laid the groundwork for the development of deductive logic in India and created the first system of Buddhist logic and epistemology (pramāṇa).

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Who was born first?

• Dignāga and Boethius were born the same year
• Dignāga was born 7 years before Cassiodorus
• Dignāga was born 15 years after Zacharias Rhetor
• Dignāga was born 15 years before Olympiodorus the Younger
• Dignāga was born 16 years after Wu

Timeline

1. WuAD 464 – September 13, AD 549
2. Zacharias Rhetorcirca AD 465 – 6th century
3. Boethiuscirca AD 480 – AD 524
4. Dignāga (this page)480–540
5. Cassiodoruscirca AD 487 – AD 583
6. Olympiodorus the Younger495–570

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