Sambodhi 1978 Vol 07

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Ř. Ď. Hegde of consciousness. Therefore, Pramāṇa is the collocation of the conscious and unconscious causal conditions, that produces the non-erroneous, determinate and valid knowledge of the object.
The study of the text of Nyāyamañjari tends to consider Jayanta Bhatta as a great realist. His approach is not dogmatic. It is generally accorded that the Nyāya system is a realistic branch of Indian Philosophy. Its catholicity lies in the fact of its honesty and eagerness in pursuing the issue in hand. Jayanta's preeminence as a logician can be realised by his criticism of the unscientific and unempirical contention of the thinkers of the rival systems. The present portion of the text that examines the Definition and Nature of Pramāņas is a specimen enough to show his comprehensive learning. He does not dogmatise his conclusions and is not ready to hold up his own theory to others. In the sequel of its exposition, he corrects his definition and presents it after a critical recension. His genuine effort to effect the synthesis between the definition of Pramāņa proposed by his predecessors and what is being experienced in the world is not received by the subsequent logicians. Hence his realistic theories cease to continue with the want of followers. This conclusion may not be fipal. Because, in the course of my essay, I have adduced how Vishwanatha Panchanana corroborates Jayanta's view of the collocation of conditions as Pramāņa. The Sanmatitīkā, the Nyāyakusumāñjali and the two works of Prabhachandra viz., Prameyakamalamārtanda and Nyāyakumudacandra-all these works vehemently criticise the Sāmagri Pramāņavāda of Jayanta. Nevertheless, none of them has been successful to impress their arguments against his views absolutely on the mind of realistic thinker.
NOTES
1 Vide, Nyāya Bhāşya Prastāvanā: Pramānamantarena nõrthapratipattin, Also Nyāya
värtikatātparyaţikā : Pramānairarthaparik sanam, also Slokavärtika : Meyasiddheh
mānādhinatvät. 2 Pramāņādhenā sarvesām vyavasthitiriti-Pramányavāda, Also see Dr. Badrinath
Sinha's article "Pramānamimārsa in Hindi p. 47, published in the Sanskriti" Dr.
Adityanath Jha felicitation volume (1969). 3 Nyāyasutra I. 1.3. 4 NM I p.25 "Ekenänena sütrena dvayamcāha maha munih 1
Pramane şu catussamkhyām tathā sāmānyalak saņam" // 5 Nyāyasūtram I.1.6 Prasiddhasadharmyāt sādhyas ādhanamu pamānam Also vide NM.I.
pp. 24-5. 6 Nyāyasūtram 1.1.4. : Indriyārthasannikar şot pannam jnānam avyabhicāri vyavasāyātm
akam pratyak şam. Also vide NM, I. p.25. 7 NM. I.p.21 : Tasmādanarthajatvena smytiprāmānyavāranät.