History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.355
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.355
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The Yājñavalkyasmṛti (I. 3) mentions Nyāya (logic)²⁴⁰⁹ as one of the fourteen vidyās and as one of the means of knowing what Dharma is. Nyāya is rendered as 'tarkavidyā' by the Mitākṣarā on Yāj. and the Mit. states that the fourteen vidyās are the *hetu* (means) of (knowing) dharma.
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- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit