History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.s1.1

v7.c93.s1.1

It would be helpful to the students of Pūrvamīmāṁsā and of Dharmaśāstra, if some of the important and frequently cited maxims (nyāyas) of the former, are brought together in one place with references from the P. M. S., Śabara, Kumārila, Pārthasārathi, the Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali, Śaṅkarācārya's bhāṣya on the Vedānta-sūtras, the Bhāmatī on the Śāṅkarabhāṣya and a few others. Kumārila, particularly, is very fond of employing Nyāyas in the Tantravārtika e g. on p. 415 (on Jai. II. 1. 8) he employs five different nyāyas. Many of these nyāyas have been explained in the several volumes of the History of Dharmaśāstra to which references will be furnished at the appropriate places. Several of the nyāyas here mentioned occur in the Laukika-nyāyāñjalī (in three parts) published by the indefatigable scholar, Col. Jacob. In some cases his explanations are not accurate or satisfactory, but one must not forget that he wrote about half a century ago