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The present work consists of an analytical study and critique of certainaspects of Buddhist tradition as they bear upon some central problems oflogic and ontology. The author examines the logical, epistemological andontological doctrines of Dignaga, Dharmakirti and Ratnakirti on the onehand and of W.V. Quine on the other. She agrees with Quine that a sharpline of demarcation between analytic and synthetic statements is untenableand she argues that a position similar to Quine's obtains in the writingsof the Buddhist logicians. She provides convincing arguments to the effectthat the Buddhist logicians' rejection of substance ontology leads to therejection of any claim to the ultimacy of the analytical-syntheticdistinction.Divided into seven chapters and documented with Preface, Bibliography andGeneral Index, this work is a rare contribution in the field of ComparativePhilosophy.