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Dignaga, who compiled tliis work named samuccaya, is de- 

 scribed in the concluding lines to be the vanquisher of opponents in 

 all quarters and to be as strong as an elephant.^ 



The work was translated into Tibetan by an Indian sage named 

 Svarnayudha, Tib. : Gser-gyi-go-cha, of the monastery of S'es-pahi- 

 dge-gnas (place of knowledge and virtue) and a Tibetan interpret- 

 er named Dad-pahi-ses-rab (of faithful wisdom), 



2. Pramana'Samuccaya-vrtti (Tib. : Tshad-ma-kun-las-btus 

 pahi-hgrel-wa) — a commentary in prose on work No. 1 by Dig- 

 naga himself. It extends over 83 leaves (leaf 13-96) of the Tan- 

 gyur, mdoj ce, and is divided into six chapters corresponding to 

 those of the original text. Led on by the command of Manju- 

 natha (the god of learning) Dignaga, the great disputant of 

 sharp intellect, wrote this commentary. His sastra is as deep as 

 the ocean .^ 



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The commentary was translated into Tibetan, at the. com- 

 mand of the king Rigs-ldan-rgyal-po, by the famous Indian sage 

 Vasudhara-raksita, who was, as it w^ere, the crest-gem of logicians, 

 and the Tibetan interpreter Sha-nxa-dge-bsnen-sen-rgyal.^ 



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