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.
Appendix 1 - Sanskrit text of the Paksata-prakarana (Tattvacintamanyaloka)
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-182- 8 paksa t盲sattvad anumitih. 79 na caiva madya tanas is膩dhayisaya
ghatita paksat膩s ca, 81 tatrod膩sinair bahubhih sis盲dhayisaya
antaritatv盲t. 82
83 sisadhayisa ca 3 na 4 siddhiccha. 85 pratyaksena j帽膩niyan
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iticch膩y膩m api paksat膩s amjane numity-apatter89 ity
anumiticch膩 v膩cya. sa ca (P: 75a, 1) siddhitvaprak膩rik膩numititva-
90 prak膩rik膩 vety atra 98 vi艣eso nadaraniyah. iyam caikalingavagate
91 'pi yad膩numiticcha katham cid asti tatra sarvatrasti ekalinga-
78.
(TCP (2):344,7) reads tatra- for pak峁t膩sattv盲d.
79.
(TCP (2) 344,6f.) cites linga---anumiti.
80.
P reads sis盲dhayi峁Ｃ�- for sis盲dhayisaya.
81.
(TCP (2): 344, 7) adds m膩s膩dyanantaram ca nanumiti岣�.
82.
(TCP (2):344,8) cites tatra---tv膩t.
83.
(TCP (2): 346, 1) adds atra.
84.
(TCP (2): 346, 1) adds siddhitvaprak盲rik膩.
85.
(TCP (2): 346, 1) cites sis盲dhay isa---siddhiccha.
P reads icchayam for icch膩y膩m. B reads -icchaya- for
86.
icch膩y膩m api.
87. B reads samjanena- for samjane. (TCP (2): 346, 3) reads
-膩patty盲 for samjane.
88.
P adds -utpada-.
89.
(TCP (2): 346,2f.) cites pratyka峁na---anumity膩patte岣�
90.
P omits atra.
91.
P reads yatra- for yad膩.
