SEMESTER-IV

CORE-IV

IVB-114NY NYAYASUTRA(Chapter I and II)

No. of Credits: 4

No of Contact hours: 90

Aim of the Course:

To enable the students to understand the main principles of Nyayasastra.

Objectives of the Course:

(1) To acquire awareness of Nyaya philosophy

(2) To enable he students to understand the methods of Nyaya philosophy.

Course Outline:

Module-I

Introduction to Nyaysastra. Founder, his date, place etc.. Commentaries on Nyayasutra, the methods used for the arrangement of the topics.

Module-II

Categories of Nyaya philosophy

Module-III

Theories of knowledge accepted by Nyaya philosophy

Module-IV

Definition of prameyas in Nyaya philosophy.

Texts:

Nyayasutra of Gautama with Vatsyayana Bhashya

1. A History of Indian Logic, Sri Dr. S.C Vidyabhushana

2. Indian Philosophy, Dr. S Radhakrishnan

3. History of Indian Philosophy, S.N. Dasgupta

4. Nyayabhashya of Vatsyayana

Internal Assessment: One credit as recommended by the
council for higher education- 20 marks

Attendance – 5, Test paper-10, Assignment /Seminar-5

End semester Examination- (3 credits) - 80 marks

Marks No of Total Marks

Questions

Objective type questions 1 10 10

Short essays/ Annotations 4 6 out of 9 24

Essays 15 2 out of 4 30