Ācārya Māņikyanandi’s Parīkşāmukha Sūtra – आचार्य माणिक्यनन्दि विरचित परीक्षामुख सूत्र : Essence of the Jaina Nyāya: Essence of the Jaina Nyāya

By Jain, Vijay, K.

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Title:	Ācārya Māņikyanandi’s Parīkşāmukha Sūtra – आचार्य माणिक्यनन्दि विरचित परीक्षामुख सूत्र : Essence of the Jaina Nyāya: Essence of the Jaina Nyāya
Author:	Jain, Vijay, K.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Philosophy, Jainism
Collections:	Authors Community, Religion
Historic Publication Date:	2021
Publisher:	Vikalp Printers

Member Page:	Vijay K. Jain
Citation APA MLA Chicago K. Jai, B. V. (2021). Ācārya Māņikyanandi’s Parīkşāmukha Sūtra – आचार्य माणिक्यनन्दि विरचित परीक्षामुख सूत्र : Essence of the Jaina Nyāya. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
The science-of-thought (Nyāya) has always been an integral part of the four constituents (anuyoga) – prathamānuyoga, karuņānuyoga, caraņānuyoga, and dravyānuyoga – of the Jaina Scripture. Through Parīkşāmukha Sūtra, Ācārya Māņikyanandi (circa 7th-8th century A.D.) churned the nectar of the science-of-thought (Nyāya) from the ocean of the words of the master-composers like Ācārya Samantabhadra and Bhaţţa Akalańka Deva. The valid-knowledge (pramāņa) ascertains the true nature of objects while the fallacious-knowledge (pramāņābhāsa) does the opposite. Parīkşāmukha Sūtra characterizes, as per the earlier authoritative expositions and in brief, both these (pramāņa and pramāņābhāsa) for the benefit of the uninitiated learners. It is an essential canonical text that every knowledge-seeking householder and ascetic must try to master.

Summary
Essential reading for those interested in the study of Nyāya – the science-of-thought.

Excerpt
"The valid-knowledge (pramāņa) is the definitive (vyavasāyātmaka) knowledge of the self (sva) and of the things not ascertained earlier (apūrvārtha)."