Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika

absence of marks Akṣapāda atoms B. K. Matilal barren woman belonged Benares Bengal Bhāsarvajña Bhāṣya BIMAL KRISHNA MATILAL Buddhist Cakradhara Calcutta called Candramati Candrānanda century A.D. Chapter cognition commentary on Prasastapāda consciousness criticized D. C. BHATTACHARYA definition dharma Dharmakirti Dignaga discussion distinct doctrine Dvivedin entity established existence explained Frauwallner Gangeśa Gunaratna hetu India Indian logic inferential Jaina Jaina author Jayadeva Jayanta Kaṇāda Kaṭandi Kautilya Kiraṇāvali lack later logic means of knowledge Mithila Nāgārjuna Navya Navya-nyāya non-entity Nyāya Nyāya authors Nyaya School Nyāya-sūtras Nyāyabhūṣaṇa Nyāyakandali Nyāyamañjarī Nyāyavārttika object Opponent Pandit perception period pervasion philosophic Prabhākara pramāņa prameya Prasastapāda probably Proponent qualities Raghunatha Ratnakirti Rāvaṇa reason referred refuted Samkhya Sankara Sankaramiśra scholars Smṛti Śrīdhara Śrīvallabha statement style sub-commentary substance sūtra Sūtra text Tattvacintāmaņi Thakur theory of inference tradition Transl treatise Trilocana Udayana Uddyotakara Upaskāra Vacaspati Miśra Vāda Vaiseṣika School Vaiseṣika system Vaiseṣika-sūtras Vātsyāyana verbal testimony views Vṛtti Vyomasiva Vyomavati writing wrote