Concept of Sentence

Concept of Sentence

Before getting into the discussion let՚s quickly revise language terminologies used by the Nyaya system:

• Pada is translated as the unit of language which denotes word-meaning;
• Padartha is the meaning of the word and is individual qualified by universal; and,
• Padarthas are known as categories because they՚re jneya and abhidheya, i.e.. , knowable and expressible.

A sentence thus, conveys sentential meaning. Sentential meaning according to Nyaya is the result of association of word-meani…

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Navya-Nyaya՚s Definition of Vyapti

According to Gangesa, “Pervasion is co-location of that with that which is not bounded by the bounder of the negatum-ness of absolute absence sharing locus with that but not sharing locus with negatum. ” Or “Pervasion is co-location that (tasya) with that (Tena) which (yat) is not bounded (avacchinnam) by the bounder (avcchedaka) of the negatumness (pratiyogita) of absolute-absence sharing locus with that (yat) but not sharing locus with negatum (pratiyogi). ”

Raghunatha Siromani interpreted Gangesa՚…

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