Comparative Study of Indian Science

Author(s): Harisatya Bhattacharya
Publisher: C S Mallinath

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16. Nayabhasa.
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"The Nayabhasa," says Vadi-deva "consists in denying the reality of aspects other than that in which one is interested."
1. The Naigamabhasa :-If instead of subordinating one idea to the other, the two ideas are held to be absolutely separated from each other, there will be an instance of Naigamabhasa. The Jaina philosophers accuse the Nyaya and the Vaiseshika systems of committing this fallacy in as much as they hold that the general and the particular aspects of a thing are absolutely sundered from each other.
2. (a) The Para-Samgrahabhasa-The fallacy' with regard to the Para-Samgraha would consist in denying the reality of the particular things of the world. The Jainas charge the supporters of the Advaita, i.e., non-duality with the commission of this fallacy because they refuse to admit any reality other than the Brahman. The philosophers of the Sankhya school also are accused by the Jainas of this fallacy, as they recognise the Prakriti as the one Cosmic Principle.
(b) The Apara-Samgrahabhasa :—While in attending to the lesser generalities, if one goes further and denies the reality of their modes, he would be committing this fallacy.