Nyaya Philosophy of Language (Analysis, Text, Translation and Interpretation of Upamana and Sabda sections of Karikavali, Muktavali and Dinakari)

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction. II. Analysis of Karikavali, Muktavali and Dinakari-upamanakhanda and sabdakhanda. III. Text, translation and interpretation of Karikavali, Muktavali and Dinakari-upamanakhanda. IV. Text, translation and interpretation of Karikavali, Muktavali and Dinakari-sabdakhanda: 1. Nature of verbal knowledge. 2. Means of knowing denotative function : grammar. 3. Other means of knowing denotative function. 4. Denotative function is in the individual qualified by form and universal. 5. Division of words. 6. Implication (laksana). 7. Compounds. 8. Causes of verbal knowledge : contiguity (asatti). 9. Semantic competency (yogyata). 10. Syntactic expectancy (akanksa). 11. Intention of the speaker (tatparya). Appendix : comparison and verbal testimony are separate means of Valid knowledge. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.

"….The Muktavali and its commentaries have been the most popular standard work on Navyanyaya. Yet no systematic translation and interpretation of these works are available in any modern language. Though there were some attempts to translate Muktavali, this is the first time that an attempt has been made to translate Dinakari into any modern language, Indian or western…

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