Tarkakaumudi, Tarkakaumudī, Tarka-kaumudi: 5 definitions

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In Hinduism

Nyaya (school of philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Tarkakaumudi in Nyaya glossary
Source: Shodhganga: A study of Nyāya-vaiśeṣika categories

Tarkakaumudī (तर्ककौमुदी) is the name of a work written by Laugākṣi Bhāskara: a Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika philosopher from the 17th century A.D. His Tarkakaumudī is another syncretical work. This work is written following the Praśastapādabhāṣya. In this work seven categories are discussed. He accepts knowledge as a guṇa of the soul. It is of two kinds–anubhava (apprehension) and smṛti (recollection). Anubhava (apprehension) is also divided into two types–pramā (right apprehension) and aprama (wrong apprehension). Laugākṣi Bhāskara accepts only two means of knowledge (pramāṇa) These are: pratyakṣa and anumāna.

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Nyaya (न्याय, nyaya) refers to a school of Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. The Nyaya philosophy is known for its theories on logic, methodology and epistemology, however, it is closely related with Vaisheshika in terms of metaphysics.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Tarkakaumudi in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tarkakaumudī (तर्ककौमुदी).—Name of a Vaiśeṣika-work.

Tarkakaumudī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tarka and kaumudī (कौमुदी).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Tarkakaumudī (तर्ककौमुदी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—K. 146. Pheh. 11. 15. NW. 344. Np. I, 30.
—by Laugākṣi Bhāskara. Hall. p. 78. L. 2673. Kh. 72. B. 4, 16. Bik. 550. Bh. 34. Lahore. 1882, 5. Rice. 106.
—[commentary] by Mohana Paṇḍita. Lahore. 1882, 5.

2) Tarkakaumudī (तर्ककौमुदी):—Tarkabhāṣāṭīkā q. v.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tarkakaumudī (तर्ककौमुदी):—[=tarka-kaumudī] [from tarka > tark] f. Name of a Vaiśeṣika work.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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