[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [General works and doxographies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all) › [Sarvadarshanasangraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha) › 11.24 # Sarvadarshanasangraha 11.24 Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha 11.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.11.24) nanu pramāṇādipadārthaṣoḍaśake pratipādyamāne katham idaṃ nyāyaśāstram iti vyapadiśyate/ satyam/ tathāpy asādhāraṇyena vyapadeśā bhavantīti nyāyena nyāyasya parārthānumānāparaparyāyasya sakalavidyānugrāhakatayā sarvakarmānuṣṭhānasādhanatayā pradhānatvena tathā vyapadeśo yujyate/ tathābhāṇi sarvajñena so 'yaṃ paramo nyāyo vipratipannapuruṣaṃ prati pratipādakatvāt/ tathā pravṛttihetutvāc ca iti/ pakṣilasvāminā ca seyam ānvīkṣikī vidyā pramāṇādibhiḥ padārthaiḥ pravibhajyamānā — > But here an objector may say, "If these sixteen topics, proof, &c., are all thus fully discussed, how is it that it has received the name of the Nyāya Śāstra, \[as reasoning, i.e., Nyāya, or logic, properly forms only a small part of the topics which it treats of?\]" We allow the force of the objection; still as names are proverbially said to be given for some special reason, we maintain that the name Nyāya was rightly applied to Gotama's system, since "reasoning," or inference for the sake of another, is justly held to be a predominant feature from its usefulness in all kinds of knowledge, and from its being a necessary means for every kind of pursuit. So it has been said by Sarvajña, "This is the pre-eminent science of Nyāya from its establishing our doctrines against opponents, and from its producing action;"\[8\] and by Pakṣila Svāmin, "This is the science of reasoning (ānvīkṣikī) divided into the different categories, 'proof,' &c.; the lamp of all sciences, the means for aiding all actions, the ultimate appeal of all religious duties, well proved in the declarations of science."\[9\] > — Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy - [Previous: 11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.11.23) - [Next: 11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.11.25) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.11) ## Translations (2) - [The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha, or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-cowell.11.p7) — Edward Byles Cowell & Archibald Edward Gough 1882, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha~en-mt.11.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.sarvadarsanasangraha.11.24) · Pramāṇa