CHAPTER VIII

THE NYÂYA-VAISESIKA PHILOSOPHY

 

1 Criticism of Buddhism and Sâ@mkhya from the Nyâya standpoint…274

2 Nyâya and Vais’e@sika sûtras……………………………..276

3 Does Vais’e@sika represent an old school of Mîmâ@msâ?……….280

4 Philosophy in the Vais’e@sika sûtras………………………285

5 Philosophy in the Nyâya sûtras……………………………294

6 Philosophy of Nyâya sûtras and Vais’e@sika sûtras…………..301

7 The Vais’e@sika and Nyâya Literature………………………305

8 The main doctrine of the Nyâya-Vais’e@sika Philosophy……….310

9 The six Padârthas: Dravya, Gu@na, Karma, Sâmânya, Vis’e@sa, Samavâya………………………………………………..313

10 The Theory of Causation…………………………………319

11 Dissolution (Pralaya) and Creation (S@r@s@ti)……………..323

12 Proof of the Existence of Is’vara………………………..325

13 The Nyâya-Vais’e@sika Physics……………………………326

14 The Origin of Knowledge (Pramâ@na)……………………….330

15 The four Pramâ@nas of Nyâya……………………………..332

16 Perception (Pratyak@sa)…………………………………333

17 Inference……………………………………………..343

18 Upamâna and S’abda……………………………………..354

19 Negation in Nyâya-Vais’e@sika……………………………355

 

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20 The necessity of the Acquirement of debating devices for the seeker of Salvation…………………………………..360

21 The Doctrine of Soul……………………………………362

22 Îs’vara and Salvation…………………………………..363