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tations on both by Pasupaticarya Udyotakara Bharadvaja, the 
Nyaya-varttika. The notes by the last two are brief, and gener. 
ally on special points only. 
The first real commentator was Vacaspati Misra. He wrote 
in five adhyayas the Nyaya-varttikatatparya-tika, which gives 
fairly full and detailed explanation of the sutras and their 
varttika, with remarks of his own, and which was composed to 
meet the attacks of the other systems (including Bauddha and 
Jaina). Vacaspati Misra wrote his Nyaya-stci-nibandha in 
898 (Vikrama) year or a.p. 841.! So his time falls in the 
second quarter of the ninth century. Three more works on 
Nyaya are attributed to him, viz. the Nydya-ratna-tka ot 
°“prakasa, the Nydya-tattv-avaloka, and the Nydaya-sitr-oddhare. 
Vacaspati Misra’s works have been found on five philosophic 
systems, but none on the Vaisesika, an omission which i 
curious. 
_Vacaspati’s sub-commentary was commented on by Uda- 
yanacarya in his Nydya-vartt.ka-tatparya-parisuddhi. This wis 
further supplemented by Udayana in a separate commentaty 
on the sitras themselves entitled Nydya-parisista, or Nyay® 
supplements. Udayana treated Nyaya from the standpoint of 
Vaisesika and should therefore be considered as the direct P 
n the Vaigesika system. the foundation lies on (1) the Vai 
sesika-sitira of Kanada, (2) its Bhaiya or scholia by Pras wstapids 
the Padartha-dharma-sangraha, ie six sections, (3) Vallabht 
ridhara of Bhurigrestha in Rarha (Modern Bhursut 
Howrah district), wrote in Saka 913 the NV yaya-kandah.” a su 
commentary on the Bhasya of Pragastapada. He acknowl 
only six categories. His work was, however, little used by! : 
aithili or Gauriya school. On the other hand, his 0 
eink f Udavanacarya’s Kiranavah, another sub-commentary ) 
pada’; Bhasya in two sections (dravya and gamsh 
powerfully influenced the Navya Nvaya Schools. In this = 
mentary he speaks of only six categories. But in his 44 cf 
vali (on definitions) he divides categories under two heads, 
oi ee 
1 The N, yaya-siiri-nibandha, pr. ed., p. 26, end verse :— 
aaa faqat arearfe afyat az 
e wt araafafaaa sagagaqst | ager 
is Bhamati is quoted as an authority in Jayanta’s NV. yayame 
& work of 5 second half of the ninth ented en 
S ry. Ff 
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