Essay name: The Navya-Nyaya theory of Paksata (Study)
Author:
Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
This essay studies the Navya-Nyaya theory of Paksata within Indian logic by exploring the Paksataprakarana on the Tattvacintamani of Gangesa Upadhyaya and the Didhiti of Raghunata Siromani. The term 鈥減aksa鈥� originally meant a subject or proposition but evolved to signify a key logical term, representing the subject of an inference or the locus of inference.
Section 2 - The Paksata: Sanskrit Texts, English Translation, and Notes
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TCD 103 api nanumitih. vahnivyapyadhumavan parvato vahnim膩n iti
pratyak峁sattve pratyaksatiriktam j帽膩nam j膩yat膩m it墨cch膩y膩m tu
bhavaty eva. (NSM: 250, 4 to 251, 1).
Mathuranatha cites Raghunatha's sentence as follows:
sisadhayisa ca tatsadhyavisistatatpaksavisayakatvaprak膩ri鈥�
kanumitivisayi峁嚹玞cha grahya yat kimcid gocaraj帽膩nam jayatam
iticchayam api siddhisattve 'numityanutpadad anumititv膩 prak膩ri-
k膩y膩m api pratyaksadyatiriktam parvate vahnij帽膩nam j膩yat膩m
iticchayam siddhisattve 'numityutpadac ca. (TCR: 433, 9-13).
TEXT-7: y膩d峁泂ay膩d峁泂ecch膩sattve siddhau satyam anumitis,
tattadicch膩bhavasamudayasya vise峁峁嘺tvad. icchaya ananugame 'pi
na k峁tih.
TRANSLATION: After each such desire, an inferential
cognition is seen to arise even after the cognition of probandum,
because the collection of absence of each such desire is a
qualifier (of sadhakaprama峁嘺-siddhi). And therefore, even though
all the desires do not form a class, there is no harm.
means
NOTES: The "each such desire" (yadrsay膩d峁泂eccha)
each desire which is stated in text-6. That is, each particular
desire which associates with a particular probandum and a
particular subject. The discussion in the text-6, Raghunatha
stated that a desire can be a producer in which the state of
having a particular subject associated with a particular
probandum as its content (tatsadhyavisistatatpaksavisayakatva-
