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Nyaaya, literally meaning "justice", "rules", "method" or "judgment", is one of the six orthodox (Aastika) schools of Hindu philosophy Nyaaya's most significant contributions to Indian philosophy were the systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology

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"The first of the “Brahmanical” systems in the logical order of Indian thought (for their chronological order is uncertain, and they are in all essentials contemporary) is a body of logical theory extending over two millenniums. Nyaya means an argument, a way of leading the mind to a conclusion."

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