# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dignaga
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:48.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dignaga"
name: "Dignāga"
slug: "dignaga"
description: "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)."
tagline: "Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician (c.480–c.540)"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "480"
deathDate: "540"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.19251733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump