Studies in Haribhadrasuri

Author(s): N M Kansara, G C Tripathi
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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CHAPTER 6
Haribhadra's Commentary on
the Nyāya-praveśa and its Place in the Works of Buddhist Logic
K. K. MITTAL
The Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophies, vol. 1, edited by Karl : H. Potter, revised edition, 1983, has listed under Sankarasvāmin (about 555 AD), the Nyāya-praveśa, under Entry Nos. 2038 to 2050. But it has neither been possible nor was it thought necessary to handle all this material for the limited purpose of this short paper. It has, therefore, been decided to refer to just three articles only, viz., two of Giuseppe,' and one of Vidhusekhar Bhattacharya, from among them. However, these were supplemented by the references to the Nyāya-praveśa, with or without Haribhadra's commentary from the three books such as Satischandra Vidyabhusan's History of Indian Logic (VHIL), F. Th. Stchetbatski's Buddhist Logic, vol. 1 (SBL), and Hajime Nakamura's Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographical Notes (NIBS).
Satischandra Vidyabhusan mentions Haribhadra in connection with his inclusion of the Nyāya system among the six systems of his Şad-darśana-samuccaya, and tells us that in this work Haribhadrasūri (1168 AD) as well as in that of Maladhārī Rājasekharasūri (1348 AD), the followers of the Nyāya