Review: Vādi-Vinodah of Śankara Miśra, ed. Dr. Vishvambhara-nathagiri

Vol XXII, 1998 REVIEW 257 VĀDI-VINODAḤ OF ŚANKARA MIŚRA, re-edited by Dr Vishvambhara-natha- gırı, Viveka-prakashanam, Prayag, (UP), 1995, pp xxxvi + 297, Rs 54/- Dr Dr Vishvambhara-natha-gırı, a Senior Professor, Ganganath Jha Kendriya Vishvavidyapeeth, Prayag The Vādi-vinodah is an independent Sanskrit work on Nyāya philosophy, particularly pertaining to the technique of logical discussion, or a

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डॉ. विश्वम्भरनाथगिरि ने मिथिला के शंकर मिश्र (1450-1550) के वादिविनोद का तीन हस्तप्रतियों के आधार पर पुनः संपादन किया है; पहला संस्करण 1915 में गंगानाथ झा ने किया था। वाद, जल्प, वितण्डा, हेत्वाभास, छल, जाति, निग्रहस्थान तथा चार्वाक, बौद्ध, जैन, भाट्ट और प्राभाकर मतों का विवेचन इसमें है। Vishvambharanathagiri re-edits from three manuscripts the Vadivinoda of Sankara Misra (1450-1550) of Mithila, a Nyaya manual on debate first edited by Ganganath Jha in 1915. It treats vada, jalpa and vitanda, hetvabhasa, chala, jati and nigrahasthana, and the positions of Carvaka, Buddhist, Jain, Bhatta and Prabhakara.

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