Jayanta Bhatta

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Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 9th-century Indian philosopher
Hindu theologian
Indian philosopher
Nyaya philosopher
logician
associatedWith Kashmir Shaivism intellectual milieu
centuryActive 9th century
culturalContext Kashmiri Sanskrit scholarship
era early medieval India
field Indian epistemology
Indian logic
philosophy of religion
influenced Kashmiri scholastic tradition
later Nyaya philosophers
influencedBy Gautama (author of Nyaya Sutras)
surface form: Gautama (author of Nyaya Sutra)

earlier Nyaya commentators
knownFor critique of Buddhist philosophy
defense of Vedic authority
integration of logic with Hindu theology
systematic exposition of Nyaya epistemology
language Sanskrit
mainInterest Hindu philosophical theology
epistemology
logic
notableWork Nyayakalika
Nyaya
surface form: Nyayakusumanjali

Nyayamanjari
philosophicalDiscipline debate theory
metaphysics
philosophy of language
pramana theory
philosophicalPosition acceptance of Veda as a pramana
acceptance of external objects independent of cognition
acceptance of universals (samanya)
affirmation of an omniscient Ishvara
defense of realism against Buddhist idealism
philosophicalSchool Nyaya
region Kashmir
religion Hinduism
tradition Hindu philosophy
Nyaya
wroteAbout existence of God
nature of inference
refutation of Buddhist apoha theory
refutation of Buddhist momentariness
status of scripture as knowledge
valid means of knowledge

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Nyaya majorCommentator Jayanta Bhatta
Gangesha Upadhyaya influencedBy Jayanta Bhatta