Indian Theory of Knowledge Based Upon Jayanta's Nyayamanjari
Knowledge is bliss. But what actually is meant by knowledge? What are the ways of arriving at and ascertaining knowledge? How does it differ from error? How and why do we commit mistakes in our judgement andk what is the remedy forthat? Evry intellectual (if not every human being) in this situation must have felt the necessity to find solutions to such problems. The author seeks to offer systematic anaswers to such questions on the basis of his intensive exposition of Nyayamanjari in particular and the major works of all the relevant Indian disciplines in general. The work is divided into nine chapters. In addition to analyzing the methods of knowing accepted by the Naiyayikas, viz., perception, inference, comparison and verbal testimony, the author has examined the views of various thinkers regarding the viability of other means of knowledge, viz., sambhava, aitihya, arthapatti and abhava. The book, written in a lucid and absorbing style isbound to help all those who are interested in the study of the nature, forms and means of knowledge
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