GaṅgeśaIndian philosopher

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  • Indian philosophy ( in Indian philosophy: The ultralogical period )

    ...the end of the 12th century, creative work of the highest order began to take place in the fields of logic and epistemology in Mithilā and Bengal. The 12th–13th-century philosopher Gaṅgesa’s Tattvacintāmaṇi (“The Jewel of Thought on the Nature of Things”) laid the foundations of the school of Navya-Nyāya...

    in Indian philosophy: The new school )

    The founder of the school of Navya-(New) Nyāya, with an exclusive emphasis on the pramaṇas, was Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya (13th century), whose Tattvacintāmaṇi (“The Jewel of Thought on the Nature of Things”) is the basic text for all later developments. The logicians of this school were primarily interested in defining their...

  • Nyāya system ( in Nyāya )

    ...a new school of Nyāya (Navya-Nyāya, or New Nyāya) arose in Bengal. The best known philosopher of the Navya-Nyāya, and the founder of the modern school of Indian logic, was Gaṅgeśa (13th century).

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