Nirṇaya
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nirṇaya (T. gtan la phab pa). Determination, ascertainment, decide a question, to gain certainty about, to resolve.
In Buddhist scholasticism, nirṇaya is identified as one of the sixteen categories of the Nyaya school. In this context, nirṇaya means "the understanding of an object through investigation."[1]
The Nyāyasūtra states:
- Determination (nirṇaya) is the ascertainment of an object through thesis and antithesis after an initial doubt.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nagarjuna & Westerhoff 2018, Part 2, VP 51.
Sources
Nagarjuna; Westerhoff, Jan (2018), Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana), Wisdom Publications
