Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t13.67

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wisdom. That is, to hold the idea of achieving liberation through wisdom. And for Nyaya faction, the so-called wisdom, mainly refers to this faction’s “Sodasa-tattva” In Nyaya Sutra, it said: “Perfection comes from the knowledge of 16 truths of pramana, prameya, samsaya, prayojana, drstanta, siddhanta, avayava, tarka, nirnaya, vada, jalpa, vitanda, hetvabhasa, chala, jati and nigrahasthana. When the understanding of bitterness, life, behaviour, fault and mistake were eliminated one by one, liberation would be obtained due to the continuing eradication of these ideas. Vatsyayana, the commentator of *Nyaya Sutra* said: “When the true knowledge is gained, the wrong understanding would disappear, when the wrong understanding disappears, the fault would disappear, when the fault disappears, the behaviour would disappear, when there is no behaviour, life would not exist. When there is no life, the bitterness would end. With the bitterness disappearing, the final liberation would be attained, this is the perfection.” In addition, although Nyaya faction explains the formation of matters in the world with paramanu, however there’s concept of divinity in its system, using divinity to explain the origin of matters. But this kind of religious component takes small proportion in “Nyaya Sutra”. The core idea of Nyaya faction is in epistemology.