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.
जागदीशीव्याधिकरणम् (Jāgadīśvyādhikaraṇam)
This is a prakaraṇa text on the Nyāya theory of vyāpti written by Jagadīśa. The main theme of the work centres around the nature of vyāpti.Knowledge of vyāpti is the cause of inferential knowledge. If the definition of vyāpti is constructed in terms of avyābhicāritatva, then one could explain avyābhicāritatva in five alternative ways. And none of these alternatives is acceptable, for this understanding of vyāpti would fail to account for kevalānvayi inference. In order to remove this problem, the definition of vyāpti is reconstructed as pratiyogivṛttidharmāvacchinna-pratiyogitākabhāvarupa vyādhikaraṇadharmāvacchinnabhāva. Jagadīśa examines this new definition of vyāpti and offers his justification, refuting all the possible objections.
নদিয়ার সংস্কৃতি চর্চা (Nadiyar Samskriti Carca)
The present book contains several essays on the history of Nadia. Some of the essays focus on the history and archaeological importance of Nadia. Some other essays focus on the cultural activities in Navadvipa. There are some other essays that describe the literacy and library in Nadia. Folk theaters (jātrā) and modern theaters in Nadia have also been talked about in some essays.
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.