Nyaya

[ nyah-yuh ]
/ ˈnyɑ yə /

noun

(in ancient India) a philosophical school emphasizing logical analysis of knowledge, which is considered as deriving from perception, inference, analogy, and reliable testimony.

Origin of Nyaya

From the Sanskrit word nyāya

Example sentences from the Web for nyaya

  • He regards the Buddhist Nirvana as equivalent to the emancipation of the Nyaya system.

    Ten Great Religions |James Freeman Clarke

  • They are without much difficulty reducible to three leading schools of thought—the Nyaya, the Sankhya, and the Vedanta.

    Two Old Faiths |J. Murray Mitchell and William Muir

  • It is doubtful, however, whether the earlier form The Nyaya.of the Nyaya was theistic or not.

    Two Old Faiths |J. Murray Mitchell and William Muir