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on Nyaya system. As the name implies, Nyaya Sara is a
survey of the Nyɛya philosophy. It became so popular that
it was commented upon by great scholars of the period and
there were eighteen commentaries on it, as was recorded by
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Gunaratna.
Nyaya Sara is divided into three chapters in
accordance with the three mans of right knowledge
(pramāṇas), namely, Pratyakṣa pariccheda, Anumānapariachoda
and Agmapariccheda. Bhasar vjña discarded the upmana-pramāṇa
which was a vulnerable point of the Nyaya sehool. Bhāsarvjña
is blamed to follow the line of the Jainas and the Buddhists
in the treatment of logical problems. But this is quite
wrong because the difference between the two kinds of
treatment of logical problems is that the orthodox scholars
followed Gautame and dealt with pramāṇas and prameyas and
other allied topics, while the Jainas and the Buddhists
confined themselves to the treatment of pramāṇa alone and
thereby restricted their treatment of logic rigidly to the
science of reasoning. We find that the latter portion of
Nyaya Sara is wholly devoted to the treatment of prameyas,
like any other work of orthodox school. Hence, the view
2 held by Dr. S.C. Vidya Bhusan that Bhasarviña followed the
1. Gunaratna's commentary on Sarva Darásna Sangraha,
Page 94.
2. S.C.Vidyabhusan, History of Indian Logie, Page 359.