Nyaya school

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Hindu philosophical school astika school of Indian philosophy orthodox Hindu philosophy

The Nyaya school is an orthodox Hindu philosophical tradition best known for its rigorous system of logic and epistemology used to analyze reality and support theism.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Navadvipa school of logic	1
Navya-Nyaya tradition	1
Navya-Nyāya philosophers	1
Nyaya-Vaisheshika school	1
Nyāya school	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosophical school ⓘ astika school of Indian philosophy ⓘ orthodox Hindu philosophy ⓘ
acceptsAuthorityOf	Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ
acceptsPramana	comparison ⓘ inference ⓘ perception ⓘ verbal testimony ⓘ
aimOfPhilosophy	attainment of liberation (moksha) ⓘ removal of suffering ⓘ
centralConcept	pramana ⓘ valid means of knowledge ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith	Vaisheshika school NERFINISHED ⓘ
debatedWith	Advaita Vedanta school NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddhist schools ⓘ Mimamsa school NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn	ancient India ⓘ
foundationalText	Nyaya Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Aksapada Gautama NERFINISHED ⓘ Gautama NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPhase	Navya Nyaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Nyaya ⓘ
influenced	Buddhist logic ⓘ Indian logic ⓘ
keyDoctrine	atomism ⓘ causal theory of perception ⓘ distinction between self and body ⓘ realism about external world ⓘ soul as eternal substance ⓘ
knownFor	defense of theism ⓘ rigorous logical analysis ⓘ systematic theory of knowledge ⓘ
languageOfTexts	Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCommentator	Gangesha Upadhyaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Jayanta Bhatta NERFINISHED ⓘ Udayana NERFINISHED ⓘ Uddyotakara NERFINISHED ⓘ Vatsyayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
navyaNyayaText	Tattvacintamani NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfPramanas	4 ⓘ
opposedViewOf	Buddhist idealism ⓘ
originatedInCentury	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
primaryFocus	epistemology ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ
religiousTradition	Hinduism ⓘ
supportsBeliefIn	Ishvara NERFINISHED ⓘ existence of God ⓘ
usesMethod	debate and dialectic ⓘ syllogistic inference ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uddyotakara → tradition → Nyaya school ⓘ

Vatsyayana → associatedWith → Nyaya school ⓘ

Kanada → influenced → Nyaya school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nyaya-Vaisheshika school

Bhatta school → debatesWith → Nyaya school ⓘ

Nyaya Sutras → associatedWith → Nyaya school ⓘ

Nyaya Sutras → influenced → Nyaya school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navya-Nyaya tradition

Bhartṛhari → influenced → Nyaya school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navya-Nyāya philosophers

Nabadwip → associatedWith → Nyaya school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navadvipa school of logic

pramāṇa theory → studiedInSchool → Nyaya school ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nyāya school