Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t13.5

v1.c7.s7.t13.5

The first fundamental classic of Nyaya was Gotama’s *Nyaya Sutra* (Nyāya-sūtra). Today’s *Nyaya Sutra* people can see contains the added ingredients by descendants; it was completed in its form around 3rd and 4th century CE. After *Nyaya Sutra*, the major ancient codes and records of Nyaya faction were the annotation and re-annotation on *Nyaya Sutra* and so on. Among which, they mainly include: Vatsyqyana’s (around 4th-5th century) “Nyayasutra-bhasya”, Uddyotakara’s (in 6th century CE) “Nyaya-varthika”, Vacaspati misra’s (in 9th century CE) “N.-v.-tatparya-tika”, Udayana’s (in 10th century CE) “N.-v.-tatparay-parisuddhi” and “N.-kusumanjali” and so on.