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PREFACE
We are happy to place before the world of scholars, the present critical edition of Nyāyamañjarī of Jayantabhatta, who, as an intellectual titan of the Nyäya Philosophy occupies the foremost position along with Dharmakīrti Kumārila, and Vācaspatimiśra.
The editions of the text of the work published in the · Vijayanagaram Sanskrit Series in 1895 and the other
in the Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series in 1936, do not fulfil the needs of the students of Nyâya. The condition of the two.editions referred to above are subjected to the non-availability of more manuscripts. Hence with the object of providing a critical edition of the work based on manuscripts that were not available to the earlier editors, the present edition has been taken ap in the Oriental Research Institute Sanskrit Series.
This new edition is based upon the two manuscripts of the text, one acquired by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore, and the other kindly lent by the late Mahāvidwan Atmakur Dikṣācārya, Retired Professor of Vedānta, Maharaja's Sanskrit College, Mysore, with a comparative method along with the above printed texts. The two manuscripts, on scrutiny, found to contain some unknown passages of the text, that are highly valuable for a clear understanding of some doubtful points in Nyāya Philosophy. A brief tippani also has been provided for clear understanding of the difficult points in the text as desired by the soholars.
