Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha (study)

by Sujit Roy | 2013 | 40,056 words

Summary: This essay studies Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha or 鈥淚ndeterminate perception鈥� primarily based on Nyaya Philosophy and Bauddha philosophy. Pratyaksa is that cognition which is produced by the contact of a sense organ with an object. It is a direct cognition of reality which is not derived through the medium or instrumentality of any other cognition.

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Acknowledgement

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2a - Pratyak峁 in the old Ny膩ya

Chapter 2b - V膩caspati Mi艣ra on Gautama鈥檚 definition of Pratyak峁

Chapter 2c - Jayanta鈥檚 interpretation of 鈥榓vyapade艣yam鈥� term

Chapter 3 - Nirvikalpaka pratyak峁 in Navya Ny膩ya

Chapter 4 - Nirvikalpaka pratyak峁 in Buddhist Philosophy

Chapter 5a - Nirvikalpaka Pratyak峁 according to C膩rv膩ka

Chapter 5b - Nirvikalpaka Pratyak峁 in Jain philosophy

Chapter 5c - Nirvikalpaka Pratyak峁 in Bauddha philosophy

Chapter 5c - Nirvikalpaka Pratyak峁 according to the Grammarian

Chapter 5c - Nirvikalpaka Pratyak峁 in Ny膩ya-Vai艣e峁ka