Nyayamanjari

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Nyayamanjari is a seminal Sanskrit treatise on Nyaya (Indian logic and epistemology) authored by the 9th–10th century philosopher Jayanta Bhatta.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sanskrit philosophical treatise
commentary on Nyaya
aimsTo defend Nyaya realism
refute Buddhist idealism
alternateTransliteration Nyāyamañjarī NERFINISHED
associatedPhilosopher Jayanta Bhatta NERFINISHED
associatedWith Kashmiri intellectual tradition
author Jayanta Bhatta NERFINISHED
citedBy later Sanskrit philosophical works
critiques Buddhist epistemology
Mimamsa views
Vedanta positions
dateWritten 9th–10th century CE
discusses comparison (upamana)
debate and argumentation
error theory
inference
nature of knowledge
non-cognition (anupalabdhi)
perception
postulation (arthapatti)
pramana theory
verbal testimony
genre philosophical commentary
hasCommentaryOn Nyaya doctrines
influenced Navya-Nyaya tradition
later Nyaya philosophers
influencedBy Nyaya Sutra NERFINISHED
earlier Nyaya commentators
knownFor detailed dialectical discussions
extensive criticism of rival schools
systematic treatment of epistemology
language Sanskrit
mainSubject Indian epistemology
Indian logic
Nyaya NERFINISHED
philosophicalDiscipline epistemology
logic
metaphysics
philosophicalSchool Nyaya school NERFINISHED
placeInTradition seminal work of Nyaya literature
region Kashmir NERFINISHED
religiousContext Hinduism NERFINISHED
studiedIn Indian philosophy curricula
textualForm prose
tradition Hindu philosophy

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Jayanta Bhatta notableWork Nyayamanjari
Nyaya Sutras hasCommentary Nyayamanjari
this entity surface form: Nyaya Manjari