Vol. VI, No. 9.] Yakovijaya Gani. 467 



[N.S.] 



Bauddha, 1 Aupanisada, Digambara, Syadvada-rahasya, Syad- 



vadaratnakara, Sammatitlka, Jfianarnava, Bhasyakara (Jina- 



bhadra Gani KsamaSramana) , Brhaspati , Dharmakirti , Acaryya , 



Cintamanikrt, Manikrt, MiSra, Vardhamana and Paksadhara 

 Mi&ra. 



The Nyayakhandanakhadya* 2 is otherwise called Maha- 



vlrastav r ana. It consists of 108 verses 

 khSdyT kha ^ ana " composed in eulogy of Mahavira and at 



the same time embodying solution of the 

 deepest problems of Logic. There is an elaborate commentary 

 in prose by the author himself elucidating many intricate points 

 couched in the precise style of modern logicians. The work 

 opens 3 with a salutation to Mahavira who is called Sambhu 

 and ends 4 with a reference to the author himself. The topics 

 treated in the work are: — Soul (atman), emancipation (mukti), 

 momentariness (ksanikatva), origination (utpatti), destruction 

 (dhvamsa), syadvada, kind and individual (jati and vyakti), 

 space and time (deSa evarii kala), middle term and major 

 term (vyapya evarii vyapaka) , knowledge and external world 

 (vijnanavada evam vahyarthavada), etc. The undermentioned 



philosophers, philosophical treatises and systems are referred 

 to:— 



Samkhya, Kanabhaksa, Aksapada, Naiyayika, Bauddha, 

 Madhyamika, Prabhakara, Mlmamsaka, Bhasya, Vartika, Tika, 

 Samantabhadra, Gandhahasti Sammati , Misra, Bhatta, SrTdhara, 



1 T^ai Tte R^T^^r 



cf^W If ftfaif fif WWTfl *£fa WW* II 



(Nyayaloka, leaf 13, printed at Ahrnedabad). 



2 The Nyayakhandanakhadya has been printed in Bomba; 



(Nyayakhandanakhadya). 



■ 



( \ yayakhanclanakhldya). 



