A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern SchoolsThe 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 |
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Logical Terms | 633 |
Śankarānanda | 638 |
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abides adhyāya Aksapāda anumāna argues as follows argument Bstan-hgyur Buddhist Calcutta called balancing called in Tibetan Candra Caraka-samhita century A.D. chap cognisable by sense colour commentary connection debate defect Dharmakīrti Dignāga disputant doctrine doubt edited ether example existence fallacy futile opposition Gangesa Gautama genus Hence hetu homogeneous India Indian Logic inference invariable concomitance Jaina jāti kinds Logic logician Mahābhārata Mahāvīra major term means of knowledge means of right middle term minor term Miśra Nāgārjuna non-eternality of sound non-existence non-perception Nyaya Nyaya-sūtra object offers a futile opponent opposition is called perceived perception philosophy point of defeat possess Pramāņa pratyaksa produced proposition prove the non-eternality reason right knowledge Samkhya Samvat Sanskrit Satis Chandra signified smoke soul Sound is eternal Sound is non-eternal Sūri sūtra syllogism thing Tibetan tion Uddyotakara Vācaspati Vācaspati Miśra valid knowledge Vasubandhu Vātsyāyana Veda verbal testimony verse Vide word Yogācāra इति