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PREFACE
During the May Vacation of 1920, I had an opportunity of coming in personal contact with the author of this book, Nyaya-tirtha, Nyaya-vis'arada, Muni Sri Nyayavijayo, a learned disciple of S'astravis'n. rada Jainacharya Sri Vijayadharmasuri, who is an associate member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and an hororary member of the Asiatic Society of Italy and also of the German Oriental Society.
The more I knew the author, the more I was fascinated by his knowledge. Though young, he has written several works in different languages. Amongst those, Jaina Dars'ana written in Gujarati, wherein the tenets of Jainism are concisely and completely treated, the exhaustive and lucid Sanskrit commentary Pramana-paribhasha of a work on logic, the original Sutras of which have been composed by Vijayadharmasuri, Nyaya-s'iksha, a small book written in Hindi dealing with the elements of logic, Adhyatma-tattvaloka consisting of more than 500 Sanskrit verses with a Gujarati translation and copious notes and this Nyaya-kusumanjali deserve special mention.
The style of this work is lucid, forcible and as lofty as the subject itself. The author's command over the Sanskrit language and his firm grasp over the subject-matter, viz., the exposition of the Jaina doctrines with their relation to those of the other systems of philosophy reflect great credit on him.
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