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Nyaya

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[nyah-yuh] / ˈnyɑ yə /

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.


Etymology

Origin of Nyaya

From the Sanskrit word nyāya

Example Sentences

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Nyaya, which can be translated as “method” or “rule,” focuses on logic and epistemology.

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The Vaisheshika system developed independently of Nyaya but gradually came to share many of its core ideas.

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The Vaisheshika system developed independently of Nyaya, but gradually came to share many of its core ideas.

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What is the principal epistemological tool found in the Nyaya school of philosophy?

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

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman