Śaṅkaranandana

Śaṅkaranandana (fl. c. 9th or 10th century), (Tibetan: Bde byed dga’ ba) was a Mahayana Buddhist philosopher,

Śaṅkaranandana is cited by both Kashmiri Shaiva authors like Abhinavagupta and by Tibetan Buddhist authors and translators. His influence on Kashmir Shaiva thinkers was such that Abhinavagupta even calls Śaṅkaranandana his "guru" in Mālinīvijayavārttika and speaks of Śaṅkaranandana's enlightenment in another text (the interpretation of this is disputed however).

Work Śaṅkaranandana wrote at least 17 works on logic and epistemology.

According to Eltschinger his magnum opus was most likely the Prajñālaṅkāra (“Ornament of Wisdom”), which was "a systematic exposition of the Yogācāra Buddhist doctrine of mind-only (vijñaptimātratā)."

Other works include:

Sambandhaparīkṣānusāra (translated by Parahita-bhadra and Dga’ ba’i rdo rje into Tibetan) Apohasiddhi translated by Manoratha and Rngog Blo ldan shes rab Vādanyāya (a commentary on a work by Dharmakīrti) Pratibandhasiddhikārikā translated by Bhavyarāja and Rngog Blo ldan shes rab Laghupratibandhasiddhikārikā (“Short Proof of the Connection”) Sūkṣmaprāmāṇya-, Madhyaprāmāṇya-, and Bṛhatprāmāṇya kārikās (“Short/Middle/Extensive versions of "Examination of Valid Cognition") Anyāpohasiddhikārikā (“Proof of Other-Exclusion”) Dharmālaṅkāra (“Ornament of the Dharma”) Sarvajñasiddhikārikā (“Proof of all-knowledge”) Svalpasarvajñasiddhikārikā (also known as Sarvajñasiddhisaṅkṣepa, “Summary of the Proof of all-knowledge”), Saṅkṣipteśvarāpākaraṇa (also known as Īśvarāpākaraṇasaṅkṣepa, “Summary of the Refutation of [a Creator] God”) Āgamasiddhi (“Proof of [the Human Origin of Authoritative] Scripture”)