Gangesha Upadhyaya

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Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.

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instanceOf Hindu philosopher
Indian logician
Indian philosopher
Navya-Nyaya philosopher
logician
medieval Indian scholar
philosopher
philosophical treatise
work of logic
author Gangesha Upadhyaya
countryOfCitizenship India
era 12th century
13th century
medieval India
ethnicGroup Indian
fieldOfWork Indian philosophy
epistemology
logic
foundedBy Gangesha Upadhyaya
genre philosophical treatise
influenced Mathuranatha Tarkavagisa
Navya-Nyaya logicians of Mithila
Raghunatha Siromani
later Indian epistemology
influencedBy Gautama (author of Nyaya-sutra)
Jayanta Bhatta
Uddyotakara
Vatsyayana
classical Nyaya tradition
knownFor Tattvacintāmaṇi
contributions to Indian logic
founding the Navya-Nyaya school of logic
systematization of Navya-Nyaya technical language
language Sanskrit
languageOfWorkOrName Sanskrit
mainSubject Navya-Nyaya logic
linked to: Indian logic

epistemology
mainWork Tattvacintāmaṇi
movement Navya-Nyaya
linked to: Nyaya
notableIdea formalization of inferential reasoning in Navya-Nyaya
refinement of pramāṇa (means of knowledge) theory
technical analysis of perception and inference
notableWork Tattvacintāmaṇi
occupation logician
philosopher
teacher
philosophicalSchool Navya-Nyaya
linked to: Nyaya

Nyaya
region Mithila
linked to: Mithila region
religion Hinduism
subjectOf scholarly studies on Navya-Nyaya
tradition Navya-Nyaya
linked to: Nyaya

Nyaya

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Nyaya majorCommentator Gangesha Upadhyaya
Tattvacintāmaṇi author Gangesha Upadhyaya
subject linked to: Gangesha Upadhyaya
Navya-Nyaya foundedBy Gangesha Upadhyaya
subject linked to: Gangesha Upadhyaya