Nyaya Philosophy.pptx

Vedanta
Purva Mimamsa
Nyaya
Gotama

1. S A GE THE NYAYA PHILOSOPHY IS FOUNDED BY THE GOTAMA. • KN O WN AS HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS AKASAPADA. A CC ORD I NG L Y ,T H E N Y A Y A IS ALSO AKSAPADA SYSTEM. This follows PURVA MIMAMSA

2. NYAYA PHILOSOPHY NYAYA literally meaning "justice", "rules", "method" or "judgment", is one of the six astika schools of Indian philosophy. This school's most significant contributions to Indian philosophy were systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology.  Used in the sense of syllogism, inference THE first work of the nyaya philosphy is nyaya-sutra of GOTAMA.

3. EPI S TE M O L O G Y Epistemology derived from greek word episteme, means’ knowledge’’. LOGOS means ‘’study or science’’ Epistemology is the important branch of philosophy. Wh a t i s kn o w led g e, sou r c e o f v alid knowledge

4. The Nyaya System accept sixteen Padartha, these are given below:- Pramana Prameya Samsaya P r a y o j ana Drstanta Siddhant Avayava Tarka Nirnaya Vada Jalpa Vitanda Hetbabhasa Chala Jati Nigrahasthana

5. VALID PR A MAN A PERCEPTION INFERENCE C OM P ARI O N SAB D A VALID KN O WLEDGE

6. AP R AMA MEMORY DOU B T ER R OR H Y P O T H ET I CAL ARGUMENTs INVALID KN O WLEDGE

7. PERCEPTION  V alid source of knowledge, accepted by every school of I ndian philosophy  P erception is the valid knowledge produced by the contact of an object with a sense organ.

8. 1.Perception classification perception A l au k i k a [ext r a ordinary] Laukika[ordinary]

9. ORDINARY PERCEPTION • • • • • The visual Auditory Tactual Gustatory Olfactory P E R CE R TION BY SENSE ORGANS • M an a s P E R C E PTION BY MANAS

10. EXTRA ORDINARY PE R CE P TION [ AL A UKIKA ] SAMANYALAKSANA G Y AN L A K A S ANA YOGAJA

11. LAUKIKA[ORDINARY PERCEPTION] 1.The visual 2.Auditory 3.Tactual 4.Gustatory 5.Olfactory

12. Nirvikalpaka (Inde t ermina t e), Savikalpaka (De t ermina t e) P r atabhijna ( R e c ognition) THREE M0DES OF ORDINARY PERCEPTION

13. Samanyalaksana:- samanyalakshana perception is also called  the perception of classes . It includes the concept of universals. According to Nyaya , universals are regarded as a distinct class of reals and they are inhere in particulars

14. Jnanalaksana:- We often use such expressions as “ice looks cold”, the stone books hard”, “the grass looks soft”, and so forth. When our one sense organ to do the work of another sense organs.

15. Y ogaj a : - intuitive perception of all objects – past and future, hidden and infinitesimal – by one who possesses some supernatural power generated in the mind by devout meditation (yogabhyasa) .

16. Three modes of ordinary perception According to another classification, o r dina r y pe r c eption is o f th r ee kinds namely Nirvikalpaka (indeterminate), S a vika l paka ( D e t er m ina t e) a nd Pratabhijna (Recognition) Contd ……

17. Nirvikalpaka (indeterminate):- Nirvikalpaka (indeterminate) perception is the primary cognition of an object and its diverse characters without any judgment to interrelate them. Contd ……

18. Savikalpaka (Determinate):- Savikalpaka (Determinate) perception is the cognition of an object as possessed of some character. Contd ……

19. Pratabhijna (Recognition):- Pratabhijna (Recognition) is recognition in its literal meaning. It is re-cognition of some object, a cognition of its as that which was cognised before.

20. CONCLUSION  EVERY SCHOOL OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY ACCEPT PERCEPTION AS A VALID SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE.  BUT OUR SENSE ORGANS ARE LIMITED.  SO WE REQUIRED INFERENCE,COMPARISION, TESTIMONY ETC.  NYAYA PHILOSOPHY REPRESENT A UNIQE DEFINATION OF PERCEPTION.  NYAYA PHILOSOPHY INCLUDE MANAS ALSO WHICH ARE UNIQUE DEFINITION OF PERCEPTION.