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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
CONSIDERABLE attention has of late been directed to the
Literature and Philosophy of the Ancient Hindus, and many
efforts have been made to promote and facilitate their study. A
umber of Sanskrit poems, and works ou grammar and on some
of the other branches of ancient Hindu Science and Philosophy,
have been published by learned scholars, but little or no help
seems to have been afforded to the student of the Nyayas'astra
or Hindu Logie. The study of that S'astra, besides its own in-
trinsic uses both from a scientific and practical point of view, has
the further merit of sharpening the nund of the student, and of
accustoming it to close and accurate thinking, and the author is
of opinion that, in this respect at any rate, the study of the
Nyay as astra deserves encouragement and assistance. To afford
the latter, so far as was in his power, the author has composed
thi Nyāya Lexicon, uuder instructions from Dr G. Buhler,
formerly Professor of Oriental Languages in the Elphinstone
College and at present Educational Inspector, Northern Division,
and from Dr. F. Kielhorn, Superintendent of Sanskrit Studies in
the Deccan College.
This Lexicon, it is believed, contains all the technical terms
of Ilindu Logie (Nyâya ) occurring in the Aphorisms of Gautama,
the Gadūdhari, and other logical works enumerated in the annexed
list. All these terms have been arranged in alphabetical order,
and their meanings have been explained in a style as simple as
the nature of the subject permitted, and also, it is hoped, with
conciseness and perspicuity. In some cases illustrations have been
added, mostly from the works above alluded to, but when those
works did not furnish any, new ones have been framed.
CONSIDERABLE attention has of late been directed to the
Literature and Philosophy of the Ancient Hindus, and many
efforts have been made to promote and facilitate their study. A
umber of Sanskrit poems, and works ou grammar and on some
of the other branches of ancient Hindu Science and Philosophy,
have been published by learned scholars, but little or no help
seems to have been afforded to the student of the Nyayas'astra
or Hindu Logie. The study of that S'astra, besides its own in-
trinsic uses both from a scientific and practical point of view, has
the further merit of sharpening the nund of the student, and of
accustoming it to close and accurate thinking, and the author is
of opinion that, in this respect at any rate, the study of the
Nyay as astra deserves encouragement and assistance. To afford
the latter, so far as was in his power, the author has composed
thi Nyāya Lexicon, uuder instructions from Dr G. Buhler,
formerly Professor of Oriental Languages in the Elphinstone
College and at present Educational Inspector, Northern Division,
and from Dr. F. Kielhorn, Superintendent of Sanskrit Studies in
the Deccan College.
This Lexicon, it is believed, contains all the technical terms
of Ilindu Logie (Nyâya ) occurring in the Aphorisms of Gautama,
the Gadūdhari, and other logical works enumerated in the annexed
list. All these terms have been arranged in alphabetical order,
and their meanings have been explained in a style as simple as
the nature of the subject permitted, and also, it is hoped, with
conciseness and perspicuity. In some cases illustrations have been
added, mostly from the works above alluded to, but when those
works did not furnish any, new ones have been framed.