Bhāṣāpariccheda

By Swami Harshananda

This is a well-known and popular treatise on the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika philosophy by Viśvanātha Nyāyapañcānana Bhaṭṭācārya (17th Century A. D.) who lived in Navadvipa (in Bengal).

The author himself has written a detailed commentary named Siddhāntamuktāvali. There are 168 verses in the anuṣṭubh meter. The work deals with the following topics:

• Seven categories (Saptapadārthas)
• Substances (Dravyas)
• Methods of knowledge i.e., like direct perception or Pratyakṣa
• Mind
• Qualities or guṇas
• Some details about inference or anumāna
• Some other miscellaneous qualities.

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