Tarkashastra, Tarka-shastra, Tarkaśāstra: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Tarkaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Tarkasastra or Tarkashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Tarkshastra.
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Tarka Sastra is a science of dialectics, logic and reasoning, and art of debate that analyzes the nature and source of knowledge and its validity. Sastra in Sanskrit means that which gives teaching, instruction or command. Tarka means debate or an argument. According to one reckoning, there are six sastras. Vyakarana is one of them. Four of the sastras are particularly important Vyakarana, Mimamsa, Tarka, and Vedanta.
There are several scholars well-versed in Tarka Sastras –
- Adi Shankara (788-820 CE),
- Uddyotkar (Nyayavartik, 6th-7th century),
- Vācaspati Miśra (Tatparyatika, 9th century),
- Udayanacharya (Tatparyaparishuddhi, 10th century),
- Jayanta Bhatta (Nyayamanjari, 9th century),
- Vishwanath (Nyayasutravrtti, 17th century),
- and Radhamohan Goswami (Nyayasutravivaran, 18th century).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र).—n (S) The science of reasoning, logic; or a logical treatise.
tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र).—n Logic; a logical treatise.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र).—
1) logic.
2) a philosophical work.
Derivable forms: tarkaśāstram (तर्कशास्त्रम्).
Tarkaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tarka and śāstra (शास्त्र).
Tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र).—n. logic, Mahābhārata 12, 9678.
Tarkaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tarka and śāstra (शास्त्र).
Tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र):—[=tarka-śāstra] [from tarka > tark] n. idem, [Mahābhārata xii, 9678 f.; Harivaṃśa 1506; Prabodha-candrodaya]
Tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र):—(tarka + śāstra) n. Denklehre, ein philosophisches Werk [Mahābhārata 12, 9678. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 1506.] pāṣaṇḍa [Prabodhacandrodaja 85, 18.] kāpilakāṇādādi [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 235.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र) [Also spelled tarkshastra]:—(nm) (the science of) Logic; ~[śāstrī] a logician; ~[śāstrīya] logical, pertaining to Logic.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Tarkaśāstra (ತರ್ಕಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[noun] the science which describes relationships among propositions in terms of implication, contradiction, contrariety, conversion, etc.; logic.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Tarkaśāstra (तर्कशास्त्र):—n. logic; the science of reasoning; polemics;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Tarka, Shastra.
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A critical study of Ānandajñāna’s Tarkasaṅgraha (by Satyan Sharma)
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
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