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Nyaya Sutras (Gautama)

न्यायसूत्राणि

Aksapada Gautama text on logic: 16 padarthas and 4 pramanas.

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Nyaya Sutras of Aksapada Gautama · Chapter 1 · Verse 1

प्रमाणप्रमेयसंशयप्रयोजनदृष्टान्तसिद्धान्तावयवतर्कनिर्णयवादजल्पवितण्डाहेत्वाभासच्छलजातिनिग्रहस्थानानां तत्त्वज्ञानान्निःश्रेयसाधिगमः

pramāṇa-prameya-saṃśaya-prayojana-dṛṣṭānta-siddhāntāvayava-tarka-nirṇaya-vāda-jalpa-vitaṇḍā-hetvābhāsa-chala-jāti-nigrahasthānānāṃ tattvajñānān niḥśreyasādhigamaḥ

Nihsreyas (liberation) is attained through true knowledge of the sixteen categories: pramāṇa, prameya, saṃśaya, prayojana, dṛṣṭānta, siddhānta, avayava, tarka, nirṇaya, vāda, jalpa, vitaṇḍā, hetvābhāsa, chala, jāti, and nigrahasthāna.

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