法称

法称（近古藏語：ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པ་），生於西元六世紀或七世紀的印傳佛教人物^[1]。

簡述

相傳法稱為陳那的再傳弟子。他宣揚唯识宗與因明学觀點。曾任那烂陀寺(Nālandā)住持。二勝六莊嚴之一。

不少印度文獻曾經討論過他所持有的觀點，例如印度教創立者阿迪·商羯羅曾經在他的作品中引述過法稱的作品內容^[2]。

其著作《因明七論》

^ Tillemans, Tom. Dharmakīrti. Zalta, Edward N. (编). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Spring 2021. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2021.
^ Yijing. Chinese Monks in India: Biography of Eminent Monks who Went to the Western World in Search of the Law During the Great Tʻang Dynasty. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. https://books.google.com/books?id=w0A7y4TCeVQC&pg=PA301#v=onepage&q&f=false. 1986. ISBN 978-81-208-0272-8 （英语）. 缺少或|title=为空 (帮助)

《佛教逻辑》Buddhist Logic (1932), Fyodor Shcherbatsky
《法称哲学基础》Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy, John D. Dunne, Wisdom Publications, 2004
《认识现实：法称的哲学及藏文阐释》Recognizing Reality: Dharmakirti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations, (S U N Y Series in Buddhist Studies), Georges Dreyfus, State University of New York Press, 1996
《圣典，逻辑，语言---论法称及其西藏继承者》Scripture, Logic, Language - Essays on Dharmakirti and His Tibetan Successors by Tom J F Tillemans, Wisdom Publications, 1999