Nyaya Concept of Cause and Effect Relationship : With Special Reference to Bhavananda\'s Karanatavicara

Contents: Acknowledgement. Abbreviations. Introduction. I. Origin and development: 1. Kanada. 2. Gautama. 3. Vatsyayana. 4. Prasastapada. 5. Uddyotakara. 6. Jayanta Bhatta. 7. Bhasarvajna. 8. Vacaspati Misra. 9. Sridhara Bhatta. 10. Udayanacarya. 11. Sivadityacarya. 12. Sasadhara. 13. Kesava Misra. 14. Gangesa Upadhyaya. 15. Sankara Misra. 16. Raghunatha Siromani. 17. Bhavanada. 18. Conclusion. II. Edited text of the Karanatavicara, translation and notes: 19. Karanatavicara of Bhavananda Bhattacarya. 20. Variant readings. Bibiliography.

"The present book Nyaya Concept of Cause and Effect Relationship is a product or arduous inquiry into the genesis and development of the concept of causality in the Nyaya-vaisesika system of Indian philosophy. The unfoldment of the intricate thought processes in all the philosophical branches of India, despend upon abstract relations that directly correspond to the relation of causality.

The book sketches out the blossoming up of the concept of causality in the hands of seventeen Nyaya-vaisesika philosophers right from Kanada and Gautama to Bhavananda Bhattacarya. It also applies special thrust to the dating and making notes upon the treatise Karanata-vicara on the concept. Special care has been taken to present before readers the beauty of philosophical argumentations prevalent in India." (jacket)