A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools

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Motilal Banarsidass Publishe, 1988 - Philosophy - 648 pages
The author has in this work clearly marked the principal stages of Indian logic in the vast period of about two thousand years beginning from 640 and has traced how from Anviksiki the science of debate Indian logic developed into the science of knowledge Pramanasastra and then into the science of dialectics Prakarana of Tarkasastra.The treatment of the subject is both historical and critical. The author has traced some Greek influence on indian logic. For instance he has shown how the five membered syllogism of Aristotle found its way through Alexandria Syria and other countries into Taxila and got amalgamated with the Nyaya doctrine of inference.The book is one of the pioneer works on the subjects. It has drawn on original sources exhaustively. Besides the preface introduction, foreword and table of contents the work contains several appendices and indexes.
 

Contents

THE ANCIENT SCHOOL OF INDIAN
1
Ānviksiki in its Philosophical Aspect called Darsa
7
Tārkikaraksā
11
Astāvakra a Violent Debater how he Defeated
13
Chapter IV
26
The Nyaya cannot be combined with Vaisesika
33
Reception accorded to Anvīksiki
36
Importance of Tattvacintāmani
39
The Commencement of Mediaeval Logic
272
Dignāgas Nyāyapraveśa
289
Dignāgas Hetucakrahamaru
299
Dharmakirti criticises Dignāga
315
Ravi Gupta
322
Kalyana Raksita
328
Prajñākara Gupta
336
The Decline of Buddhist Logic
348

Vātsyāyanas Explanation of certain Doctrines
40
Teachers of Nyāyaśāstra
42
Bhagiratha or Megha Thakkura
48
Chapter II
54
Support of the Jaina Community
57
nbers of a Syllogism avayava
60
Rāmabhadra Sarvabhauma
66
Bhavānanda Siddhāntavāgīśa
72
Rise of Buddhist Logic
77
Gadādhara Bhattacharya
78
Urāyakauśalyahṛdayaśāstra
83
Alambanaparīksā
99
Acārya Śilabhadra
105
Chapter III
115
Chapter IV
152
SECTION II
157
The canonical Scriptures of the Jainas
164
Chapter III
172
Siddhasena Gani
182
Manikya Nandi
188
Māņikya Nandis Parīkṣāmukhasūtra
200
Chapter IV
221
Buddha Gautama
225
Conclusion niggamana
237
The Lalitavistara
243
Nāgārjunas References to the Logical Doctrines
255
Arya Asanga
265
PART III
355
Emancipation moksa
366
Commentaries on the Nyayasāra
373
Chapter 111
386
Viśvanātha Nyāyapañcānana
392
The Text of Tattvacintāmani
407
Inference Samanāyavāda
414
Inference distinct from Perception
420
Patronage of the Maharaja of Nadia
488
Appendix A The University of Taxila
494
The University of Nalanda
515
Appendix G The University of Nadia
523
Reminiscences of a Visit to Labrang Pami
530
Appendix J Reminiscences of a Visit to Pamiyangchi
537
The Nyaya and Vaisesika promiscuously amalgamated
574
373
576
Four Schools of Buddhist Philosophy
579
Nyayasiddhāntadīpa
587
Pramānaśāstranyāyapraveśa
589
Index of Authors
595
Jñānaśrī Mitra
596
Madhavācārya
607
Index of Sanskrit Terms
611
denied
613
Logical Terms
633
Śankarānanda
638
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