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Nyayapraveśakaśāstra
informations separately. Making this as our basis and utilizing the other materials available, we have edited this text in a systematic way. In the history of the Buddhist logic, this is a significant work. We have elaborately mentioned in the foot-notes on pages 1, 13 and 56 the different mss. collected and used in this edition.
The Sanskrit text of Nyāyapraveśakaśāstra was translated into the Bhota language of Tibet and into Chinese language many years ago. Besides, this text was also translated independently from Chinese language into Bhota language. Keeping all this in mind, Pandit Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya in 1927 also published its Tibetan translation in the Roman script. This translation has been published by Central Library, Baroda as the Gaekwards Oriental Series No. xxxix, which might be extremely useful for the scholars of Tibetan language. Therefore, we have included it as the fifth appendix of this publication in the original Tibetan script. I am grateful to Sadhviji Shri Jinendraprabhashriji for the help, whc is the disciple of my revered mother Sadhviji Shri Manoharashriji.
Tibet is a country on the other side of the Himalaya and its original name is Bhota: The inhabitants of this country are known as Bhotias. Their language has been referred to here as Bhota language and their script as Bhota script. About five thousand Buddhist works on different subjects written in Sanskrit were translated in the Bhota language hundreds of years ago.
These translations in Bhota language have been divided into two parts - Kanjur and Tanjur. The works dealing with epistemology (logic) are covered under the title Tanjur. Many years ago, the system of first carving out these translated treaties on wooden slabs and then printing on paper was started at different places in Tibet and China. The printed treatises from carved wooden frames were known as Xylographs. Lakhs of such inscribed wooden slabs are still available there at different places. These Xylographs are known after the names of the places where these wooden plates are preserved, e.g., Narthang edition, Peking edition, Choni edition, Derge edition, Lhasa edition etc. The Narthang edition is available at different places in the world. The Peking edition is available in Bibliotheca Nationale Library, Paris (France) and Japan. The Choni edition is in the Congress Library, Washington D.C., U.S.A. The works brought from Derge, situated in the eastern part of Tibet are known as the Derge edition. These
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