Gautama

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Gautama is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with founding the Nyaya school of Hindu logic and epistemology.

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Gautama canonical 5
Aksapada Gautama 2
Akshapada Gautama 1

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instanceOf Hindu philosopher
ancient Indian philosopher
founder of a philosophical school
logician
sage
alsoKnownAs Gautama
surface form: Aksapada Gautama

Gautama
surface form: Akṣapāda Gautama
associatedWithText Nyaya Sutras
surface form: Nyāya Sūtra
concernedWith criteria for valid cognition
logical debate and inference
means of valid knowledge (pramāṇa)
coreDoctrine analysis of perception, inference, comparison, and testimony as sources of knowledge
field Indian philosophy
epistemology
logic
influenced Hindu epistemology
classical Indian logic
later Nyāya philosophers
influencedBy earlier Vedic and pre-classical Indian thought
inPhilosophicalCanon one of the foundational figures of Nyāya
knownFor developing a theory of epistemology in Hindu philosophy
founding the Nyāya school of philosophy
systematizing Hindu logic
mainWork Nyaya Sutras
surface form: Nyāya Sūtra
name Gautama self-link
nationality Indian
philosophicalSchool Nyaya
surface form: Nyāya
region ancient India
surface form: Ancient India
religiousTradition Hinduism
roleInNyaya foundational authority
schoolTypeFounded orthodox (āstika) darśana
textLanguage Sanskrit
timePeriod ancient period of Indian philosophy
traditionallyCreditedWith authoring the Nyāya Sūtra
founding the Nyāya school
traditionWithinHinduism Āstika

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Nyaya founder Gautama
Nyaya founder Gautama
this entity surface form: Aksapada Gautama
Shakyamuni Buddha familyName Gautama
Gautama name Gautama self-link
Gautama alsoKnownAs Gautama
this entity surface form: Akṣapāda Gautama
Gautama alsoKnownAs Gautama
this entity surface form: Aksapada Gautama
Nyaya Sutras author Gautama
Nyaya Sutras author Gautama
this entity surface form: Akshapada Gautama
Shakya clanGotra Gautama