Nyāyavārttika
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Nyāyavārttika is a classical Sanskrit commentary on the Nyāya-sūtras, traditionally attributed to the Indian philosopher Vātsyāyana and foundational to the Nyāya school of logic and epistemology.
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| Nyāyavārttika canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17938640 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyāyavārttika Context triple: [Nyayavarttika, hasTitle, Nyāyavārttika]
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Pramāṇavārttika
Pramāṇavārttika is a foundational 7th-century treatise by the Buddhist philosopher Dharmakīrti that systematically develops Buddhist epistemology and logic, especially theories of valid cognition and inference.
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Pramāṇasamuccaya
Pramāṇasamuccaya is a foundational treatise on Buddhist epistemology and logic composed by the Indian philosopher Dignāga in the 6th century.
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C.
Vākyapadīya
Vākyapadīya is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on language and philosophy that systematically presents the sphoṭa theory and explores the relationship between word, sentence, and meaning.
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D.
Tattvasaṅgraha
Tattvasaṅgraha is an influential 8th-century Buddhist philosophical treatise by Śāntarakṣita that systematically critiques and analyzes a wide range of non-Buddhist and Buddhist doctrines, especially in the field of logic and epistemology.
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E.
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise that systematically expounds the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyāyavārttika Target entity description: Nyāyavārttika is a classical Sanskrit commentary on the Nyāya-sūtras, traditionally attributed to the Indian philosopher Vātsyāyana and foundational to the Nyāya school of logic and epistemology.
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A.
Pramāṇavārttika
Pramāṇavārttika is a foundational 7th-century treatise by the Buddhist philosopher Dharmakīrti that systematically develops Buddhist epistemology and logic, especially theories of valid cognition and inference.
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B.
Pramāṇasamuccaya
Pramāṇasamuccaya is a foundational treatise on Buddhist epistemology and logic composed by the Indian philosopher Dignāga in the 6th century.
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C.
Vākyapadīya
Vākyapadīya is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on language and philosophy that systematically presents the sphoṭa theory and explores the relationship between word, sentence, and meaning.
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D.
Tattvasaṅgraha
Tattvasaṅgraha is an influential 8th-century Buddhist philosophical treatise by Śāntarakṣita that systematically critiques and analyzes a wide range of non-Buddhist and Buddhist doctrines, especially in the field of logic and epistemology.
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E.
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is a foundational Buddhist philosophical treatise that systematically expounds the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.
- F. None of above. chosen
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