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Tatpūrvakam
Trividham Anumānam (NS, 1.1.5)
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meaning is sufficient to formulate the definition of pramāna, and this is endorsed by the commentators also 4 3
Similarly the definition of anumāna can be derived from the word 'anumāna' itself, along with its derivative meaning. That, by the instrumentality of which athing is rightly inferred, is called 'anumana' 44
Bhūsarvajña thus presents quite a unique interpretation of tatpūrvakan'. This revolutionary Naiyāyika, therefore, deserves the admi. ration of the modera western scholar Karl H. Potter, who writes : "the doctrin:s in this work (Nayabhāsana) are apparently highly extraordinary and original" (p. 6); fone innovator who was not so accomodating, however, would seem to have beep Bhāsarvajña, author of Nyāyabhûşana.45 (p. 113). "In any case, later Nyaya authors tend to see two main branches of their system, with Uddyotakara as a source of one, Bbāsai vajña of the other" (p. 399)
FOOT-NOTES
1. अथ तत्पूर्वकं त्रिविधम् अनुमानम् पूर्ववत् शेषवत् सामान्यतोदृष्ट च ॥ १.१.५, वात्स्या.
यनभाष्यसंवलितम् गौतमीयं न्यायदर्शनम्, पृ. २१, सं. द्वारिकादास शास्त्री, प्र. बौद्धभारती ग्रन्थमाला (११), वाराणसी, द्वितीय संस्करण, १९७६ ।
2. सम्यग् अविनाभावेन परोक्षानुभवसाधनम् अनुमानम् ।-न्यायसार, न्यायभूषण, ले. भा
सर्वज्ञ, सं. स्वामी योगीन्द्रानन्द, प्र. षड्दर्शन प्रकाशन प्रतिष्ठानम् वाराणसी, षड्दर्शनग्रन्थमाला, प्रथम संस्करण, १९६८ ।
3. The first word ‘atha' in the N;āyasútra (1.1.5) is not found in the
sūtra quoted by Bhāsarvajña in the Nyāyabhūṣaṇa. -Nyayabhāsana (Ny B), Ibid p. 189;
--Nyavabhāsana-Sarasangraha-Varttik, photostat, p. 43 (a), No.
34766. L. D. Iastitute of Indology, Ahmedabad; the original manu. ___script No. 10717, Henacandracārya Jaina Jinanamandira, Patana.
4. The Nayasutras of Gotama, tr. by Satis Chandra Vidyabhāsana,
Allahabad, 1913 (The Sacred Books of the Hindus).
5. अत्र तत्पूर्वकम् अनुमानम् इति एतावद् एव लक्षणार्थम् परिशिष्टं तु विभागार्थम् इति ____एके |--Ny B,Ibid, p. 189.
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