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The edition is supplemented with an incomplete anonymous commentary that deals with about half of the IAS. In an introductory study, Dharmakīrti's arguments against the existence of God, emphasized in the polemics of the following centuries, as well as relevant material from the works of Santaraksita, Kamalasila and Prajnakaragupta, are discussed and explained. Another focus is the theistic tradition's rejection of Buddhist criticism. Here, the corresponding counter-arguments of Sankarasvamin, Trilocana, Vacaspatimisra, Jayantabhatta, Bhasarvajna and Vittoka that determine the polemic debate are depicted, based on selected passages that are systematically presented. The study has been rounded out with a philosophical-historical classification of Sankaranandana's IAS with respect to the arguments of the above-named scholars and in the light of Utpaladeva's treatise "Proof of the existence of God" (Isvarasiddhi).
too bad its only in german and you need to buy it