Nyayavarttika (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Nyāya-vārttika》(英語表記)Nyayavarttika
Nyayavarttika (English spelling)

…Years of birth and death unknown. Wrote Nyāya‐vārttika to defend the orthodox Brahmanical theory of proof since the Nyāya‐sūtra, which had been seriously damaged by the Buddhist school of logic. He attempted to re-establish the five-part method by introducing the six types of contact theory derived from the Vaisheshika school of thought into direct knowledge and defining reasoning as a means to reflection on evidential causes.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Nyāya-vārttika" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生没年不詳。仏教論理学派から深刻な打撃を受けた,《ニヤーヤ・スートラ》以来の正統バラモン主義の論証学を守るため《ニヤーヤ・バールティカNyāya‐vārttika》を著した。バイシェーシカ学説に由来する6種の接触説を直接知論に導入,推理については証因の反省がその手段であると定義するなどして五分作法の再確立を図った。…

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