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FOREWORD
It gives me great pleasure in offering to the scholars of Indian philosophy the present work entitled 'A study of Jayanta Bhatta's Nyayamañjari - A Mature Sanskrit Work on INDIAN LOGIC Part l' as the first book of Sanskrit-Sanskriti Granthamala.
Jayanta Bhatta, a Kashmiri pundit of ninth century A.D., was an astute logician and an able philosopher. His Nyāyamañjasi occupies a unique place among the Sanskrit works on Indian philosophy. It bears testimony to Jayanta's philosophical acumen and intellectual powers. . It forcefully establishes Nyāya theories after critically examining the rival ones, mainly the Buddhist and the Mimāmsaka. Therefore, it is a must' for any one interested in Indian philosophy. It is an introductory window to many fascinating intra-Indian philosophical controversies wbich obviously deserve attention..
. I hope this work, since it is a study of the first chapter of the Nyāyamañjari, will be of considerable use to the scholars of Indian philosophy in general and Indian logic in particular. I have no doubt that the scholarly world will receive it with delight.
Nagin J. Shah General Editor
Sanskrit-Sanskriti Granthamālā 23 Valkeshvar Society Bhudarpura, Ambawadi Ahmedabad-380015 9th June 1992
