Navya-Nyaya logicians
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Navya-Nyaya logicians were medieval Indian philosophers who developed an extremely precise and technical system of logic and epistemology within the Nyaya tradition, profoundly shaping later Indian philosophical discourse.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Navya-Nyaya logicians canonical | 1 |
| Navya-Nyaya school of logic | 1 |
| Navya-Nyāya logicians | 1 |
| Navya-Nyāya tradition | 1 |
| Nyaya pandits | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17962204 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Navya-Nyaya logicians Context triple: [Dharmakirti, influenced, Navya-Nyaya logicians]
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Gautama (author of Nyaya Sutras)
Gautama, the author of the Nyaya Sutras, was an ancient Indian philosopher credited with founding the Nyaya school of logic and epistemology.
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Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa was a prominent 7th–8th century Indian philosopher and theologian known for his influential defense of Vedic ritualism and development of the Purva Mimamsa school.
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Nyaya school
The Nyaya school is an orthodox Hindu philosophical tradition best known for its rigorous system of logic and epistemology used to analyze reality and support theism.
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Prabhakara
Prabhakara was an influential Indian philosopher and Mīmāṃsā scholar whose ideas founded the Prabhakara school of Hindu exegesis and epistemology.
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Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Navya-Nyaya logicians Target entity description: Navya-Nyaya logicians were medieval Indian philosophers who developed an extremely precise and technical system of logic and epistemology within the Nyaya tradition, profoundly shaping later Indian philosophical discourse.
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A.
Gautama (author of Nyaya Sutras)
Gautama, the author of the Nyaya Sutras, was an ancient Indian philosopher credited with founding the Nyaya school of logic and epistemology.
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B.
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa was a prominent 7th–8th century Indian philosopher and theologian known for his influential defense of Vedic ritualism and development of the Purva Mimamsa school.
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C.
Nyaya school
The Nyaya school is an orthodox Hindu philosophical tradition best known for its rigorous system of logic and epistemology used to analyze reality and support theism.
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D.
Prabhakara
Prabhakara was an influential Indian philosopher and Mīmāṃsā scholar whose ideas founded the Prabhakara school of Hindu exegesis and epistemology.
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E.
Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Gautama (author of Nyaya Sutras)
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linked to: Navya-Nyaya logicians
linked to: Navya-Nyaya logicians
linked to: Navya-Nyaya logicians