Nyaya

[ nyah-yuh ]

noun

1. (in ancient India) a philosophical school emphasizing logical analysis of knowledge, which is considered as deriving from perception, inference, analogy, and reliable testimony.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nyaya¹

From the Sanskrit word nyāya

Example Sentences

It is doubtful, however, whether the earlier form The Nyaya.of the Nyaya was theistic or not.

From Project Gutenberg

They are without much difficulty reducible to three leading schools of thought—the Nyaya, the Sankhya, and the Vedanta.

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He regards the Buddhist Nirvana as equivalent to the emancipation of the Nyaya system.

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