The concept of Sharira as Prameya
by Elizabeth T. Jones | 2019 | 42,436 words
This page relates 鈥楥hapter 2鈥� of the study on the concept of Sharira as Prameya Based on Nyaya (shastra), which represents one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy. Nyaya philosophy basically represents the 鈥渟cience of reasoning鈥� and primarily deals with epistemology and logic. Sharira (鈥渂ody鈥�) refers to one of the twelve Prameyas (鈥渙bjects of valid knowledge鈥�), as defined in the Nyayashastra literature.