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Nyayadarshanam: The Science of Logical Illumination
Paperback
General Eastern ReligionsHinduism
Publisher: Sushil Kumar Sharma
Published: Jul 4 2026
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Nyayadarshanam: The Science of Logical Illumination is a landmark English-language scholarly work that brings the profound philosophical tradition of Maharishi Gautam Akshapada's Nyaya Sutras to a global readership for the first time in this accessible, richly written form.
For over two millennia, the Nyayadarshanam, the Nyaya Darshana, or the Vision of Logic, has stood as one of the great achievements of the human intellect. Composed by the sage Maharishi Gautam, the Nyaya Sutras represent the most systematic and comprehensive philosophy of logic, reasoning, and epistemology produced by the ancient world. Yet this extraordinary tradition has remained largely inaccessible in English, confined to specialist scholarship and Sanskrit academic circles. This book changes that.
In nine masterfully structured chapters, author Sushil Kumar Sharma guides the reader through the complete architecture of Nyayadarshanam, from the historical and cultural origins of the Nyaya school, through the four valid means of knowledge (Pramana), the five-membered syllogism, the taxonomy of logical fallacies (Hetvabhasa), the sixteen categories of philosophical discourse (Padarthas), Nyaya metaphysics, rational theology, the science of debate, and finally, the breathtaking culmination of the entire system: liberation (Apavarga) through correct knowledge.
Written in a style that is simultaneously scholarly and warmly human, this book offers precise philosophical analysis without sacrificing readability. Every major Sanskrit concept is carefully introduced, explained, and situated within its philosophical context. The original insights of Maharishi Gautam are brought into dialogue with Western philosophy, modern epistemology, cognitive science, and contemporary debates about knowledge, rationality, and truth.
Whether you are a student of philosophy, a practitioner of logic, a scholar of Indian thought, a seeker of wisdom traditions, or simply an intellectually curious reader, this book offers a complete and rewarding engagement with one of humanity's greatest philosophical achievements. The Nyaya School teaches that suffering arises from erroneous thinking, and that liberation comes through seeing reality clearly. In this sense, Nyayadarshanam is not merely an academic subject, it is a path.
This is the first English book of its kind: a complete, original, scholarly, and accessible treatment of Maharishi Gautam's Nyayadarshanam, written for the twenty-first century reader who wishes to think more deeply, reason more clearly, and live more freely.
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