A Concise History of Science in India c13.s2.7

c13.s2.7

Apart from the *Vaiśeṣika sūtra* and the *Padārthadharmasaṁgraha* of Praśastapāda, the other *Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika* texts which contain significant accounts of the Indian physical concepts and deserve special mention are: *Nyāya-sūtra* by Gautama (*c.* fourth century B.C.); *Nyāyabhāṣya* by Vātsyāyana (*c.* fourth century A.D.); *Nyāya-vārttika* by Udyotakara (seventh century A.D.); *Nyāyasāra* by Bhāsarvajña (eighth century A.D.); *Nyāyavārttika tātparyaṭīkā* by Vācaspati Miśra (ninth century A.D.); *Nyāyamañjarī* by Jayanta Bhaṭṭa (ninth century A.D.); *Vyomavatī* by Vyomaśivācārya (*c.* ninth century A.D.); *Kiraṇāvalī* by Udayana (tenth century A.D.); *Nyāyakandalī* by Śrīdhara (tenth century A.D.); *Saptapadārthī* by Śivāditya (eleventh century A.D.); *Nyāyalīlāvatī* by Vallabhācārya (twelfth century A.D.); *Nyāyasiddhāntadīpa* by Śaśadhara (twelfth century A.D.); *Tattvacintāmaṇi* by Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya (thirteenth century A.D.); *Upaskāra* and *Kaṇādarahasya* by Śaṅkara Miśra (fifteenth century A.D.); *Padārthatattva nirūpaṇa* by Raghunātha Śiromaṇi (sixteenth century A.D.); and *Bhāṣāpariccheda* and *Nyāya-muktāvalī* by Viśvanātha (seventeenth century A.D.).b