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[N.S.] 



fessor) from his teacher Nayavijaya, while 



tionsf emiC 1S mC *^ e **^ e °f NyayaviSarada x (expert in 



Logic or Philosophy ) was conferred on him 

 by the Panditas at Benares. As an author of a hundred works 

 on philosophy and religion he obtained the much-coveted title 

 of Nyayacaryya* (Professor of Logic or Philosophy). 



Yakovijaya died at Dabhoi in modern Baroda State (in 



Dates of b* d Guzerat ) in Samvat 1745 or A.D. 1688. 



death eS ** ^ ^ e a PP ears *° have come to Benares at 



the age of eighteen and did not leave the 



city until he was thirty years old, Vijayasimha Suri at whose 

 suggestion he undertook to reform the Jaina priests was the 

 High-priest of the Tapagaccha from Samvat 1682 to Samvat 

 1708. Yasovijaya must have engaged himself in the work of 

 reformation some time between these two dates, or roughly in 

 Samvat 1695. At that time he was about thirty years old as 

 he had then just returned from Benares. This places the date 

 of YaSovijaya's birth approximately in Samvat 1665 or A.D. 

 1608. 



Yasovijaya wrote numerous valuable works on Logic such as 

 _ r , .. , Nyayapradipa, Tarkabhasa, Nyayarah- 



on L^^ S **». Nyayamrtataranginl', Nyayakhand- 



anakhadya, Nyayaloka and Astasahasrl- 

 vivarana. These works treat of miscellaneous topics and do not 

 strictly belong to the Ancient, Mediaeval or Modern school alone. 

 Nevertheless , the last three works, viz., Nyayakhandanakhadya, 

 Nyayaloka and Astasahasrlvivarana bear all the characteristics 

 of Modern Logic. The phraseology used in them resembles 

 that of GangeSa Upadhyaya and Raghunatha Siromani, and in 

 the subtlety of argument their author stands on the same 

 footing with the logicians of Nadia. 



The works reflect the greatest credit on Yasovijaya whose 



range of knowledge in Logic was indeed 



Lo^c aT' tauTt hi VeV ? wide ' The ? sh ° W that he mastered 



B^nares^cademies. "* the lo g ical treatises of Ganged Upadh- 

 yaya, Vardhamana, Paksadhara Mi&ra 



and others of Mithila, and did not neglect to study and 



1 *n?J «QI4ftviK3CT ^^ ^^1 *^ 3* : ' 



(Nyayakhandanakhadya 



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^mm^m^ <tct: strata jjjsi^ in^Tf^cw i 





(Jaina Tarkahhfal). 



