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- proper noun Hinduism Ane of the six orthodox or
astika schools ofHindu philosophy — specifically the school oflogic .
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Diverse other Rishis, whose names are connected therewith, promulgated diverse other sciences such as Nyaya,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools share many features in common.
Basic Tenets of the Nyaya and Vaisheshika Schools of Indian Philosophy 2008
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Vaisheshika emphasizes the types of entities that exist; Nyaya emphasizes the types of entities involved in cognizing and proving the existence of those entities.
Basic Tenets of the Nyaya and Vaisheshika Schools of Indian Philosophy 2008
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Unlike the Yoga formulation of Ishvara, however, according to Nyaya and Vaisheshika, everything that happens in the universe derives from the will of Ishvara.
Basic Tenets of the Nyaya and Vaisheshika Schools of Indian Philosophy 2008
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According to Vaisheshika, each soul is all-pervasive; while according to Nyaya, each soul is the size of a minute particle.
Basic Tenets of the Nyaya and Vaisheshika Schools of Indian Philosophy 2008
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The slightly later Nyaya (rigs-can-pa) school bases itself on The Logic Sutra (Skt. Nyaya Sutra) by Gautama – also known as the brahmin Akshapada (Bram-ze rKang-mig) – as commented on in the fourth century CE by Vatsyayana.
Basic Tenets of the Nyaya and Vaisheshika Schools of Indian Philosophy 2008
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No functional phenomenon exists without a cause, and therefore it is impossible to have a static one such as a creator god as asserted by the Nyaya school.
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But if, like the Nyaya-Vaisheshikas and Vaibhashikas, you asserted that past, present, and future were impermanent and yet truly existent, how could anything change from being a truly not-yet-existing vase into a truly presently-existing vase and then into a truly no-longer-existing vase?
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If, a vase arose as truly existently cognizable from its own side, there would be no need for it to be connected with the truly existent universal category of cognizability, which the Nyaya-Vaisheshikas assert as necessary for cognition; the vase would already be cognizable.
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Also, a self that pervades the whole universe and all of time, as asserted by the Nyaya-Vaisheshikas, could not come here or go there.
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