Navya-Nyāya Scholarship in Nabadwip
The birth of Navya-Nyāya philosophy in classical India is a landmark event. Nabadwip ( a small town 120 km away from Kolkata) was of the main centres of this new style of philosophizing. A large group of scholars devoted themselves to philosophical analysis of the important one in this tradition starting with Raghunātha Śiromaṇi. The present digital library attempts to digitize the works written in this tradition along with the commentaries as far as available.
বাঙালির সারস্বত অবদান: বঙ্গে নব্যন্যায়চর্চা (Bangalir Saraswat Avadan: Bange Navyanyaya Charcha)
This is perhaps the most authentic history of Navya-Nyāya scholarship in Bengal with special emphasis on Navadvipa. In this book, the author presents a detailed description of the biographies and the works of the philosophers of Navadvipa. The author divides his work in the following chapters: 1. The Pre-Śiromaṇī age, 2.Raghunātha Śiromaṇī, 3. Bengali Commentators on Śiromaṇī, 4. The Post-Gadādhara Era, 5. Bengali Naiyāyikas in Kāśidhāma, 6. Nyaya Schools of Bengal. The author, with sufficient historical evidence, determines the time of many of the Navya-Nyāya scholars and he also proposes his views on the authorship of many of the Navya-Nyāya commentaries.
The birth of Navya-Nyāya philosophy in classical India is a landmark event. Nabadwip ( a small town 120 km away from Kolkata) was of the main centres of this new style of philosophizing. A large group of scholars devoted themselves to philosophical analysis of the important one in this tradition starting with Raghunātha Śiromaṇi. The present digital library attempts to digitize the works written in this tradition along with the commentaries as far as available.