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period of Indian Philosophy, we shall find that in that period the contest was triangular i. e. among the Buddhist, the Mimaṁsaka and the Naiyāyika. The main targets of Dharmakirti's attack are the Mimāmsakas and the Najyayikas. Similarly, Kumārila's attacks are mainly directed against the Buddhists and the Naiyayikas. And even Jayanta, a Naiyāyika, severely and mainly attacks the Buddhists and the Mimāṁsakas. These giants of Indian philo. sophy mostly ignore others. This triangular contest of the period has yielded very good results. It has made Indian philosophy deep, sharp and thought-provoking.
Jayanta wrote his Nyāyamañjari while in prison. He was imprisoned in a Khasa region in Kashmir at the instance of King Sankaravarman whom he served as a minister. Jayarita's Nyayamañjani is a unique Nyāya work. The maturity of discussion is evident at every stage. Its Sanskrit is sweet and lucid. It is written in prose and verse style. Though it is known as a commentary on the Nyāyasūtra, it is really an independent work on the Nyaya philosophy. As we have already stated, in this Nyāyamanjari one finds the triangular contest among the Naiyāyika, the Mîmāmsaka and the Buddhist Its study gives us a clear idea of the problems of Indian philosophy and their solution offered by the three main branches of Indian philosophy. . ,
: The only extant commentary on the Nyayamañjari is the Nyāyamañjarigranthibhanga by Cakradhara, a Kashmiri pundit of 10th century A. D. But the Nyāyamañjari had attracted the attention of many other scholars even prior to Cakradhara. Some of them had composed commentaries which are not extant now. Cakradhara had consulted them. So he in his commentary gives different interpretations, offered by other commentators, of the textual portions of the Nyāyamañjari and records different readings accepted by them.
At the end I express my wish in the words of Jayanta : परमार्थभावनाक्रमसमुन्मिषत्पुलकमाञ्छितकपोलम् । स्वकृतीः प्रकाशयन्तः पश्यन्ति सतां मुखं धन्याः ॥ .
Nagin J. Sbah
