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* Belief in the independent existence of the external world, i.e., the world is real.  
 
* Belief in the independent existence of the external world, i.e., the world is real.  
 
*  Nyaya maintains that the nature of Ultimate Reality is many and thus is described as Pluralistic in view.
 
*  Nyaya maintains that the nature of Ultimate Reality is many and thus is described as Pluralistic in view.
   
== Founder - Gautama Maharshi ==
 
== Founder - Gautama Maharshi ==
 
Maharshi Gautama (गौतमः) was the founder of the Nyaya system of philosophy. Nyaya Sutra (न्यायसूत्राणि) by Gautama is the first work on Nyaya Darsana and is composed of five adhyayas and each adhyaya is divided into two Ahnikas (आह्निकः).
 
Maharshi Gautama (गौतमः) was the founder of the Nyaya system of philosophy. Nyaya Sutra (न्यायसूत्राणि) by Gautama is the first work on Nyaya Darsana and is composed of five adhyayas and each adhyaya is divided into two Ahnikas (आह्निकः).
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== न्यायशास्त्रवाङ्मयम् ॥ Nyaya Literature ==
Numerous bhasyas have been written on these sutras by various authors the most widely studied are
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Nyayasutra (न्यायसूत्रम्) by Maharshi Akshapada Gautama is the primary text of the Nyaya Darshana. As many as 13 bhashyas (commentaries) have been written on these sutras by various scholars of Nyaya shastra. The bhashyas and the bhashyakaras of the Nyayasutra are enumerated below.
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* Nyaya-Bhashya by Vatsyayana
 
* Nyaya-Bhashya by Vatsyayana
 
* Nyayalankara by Shrikantha
 
* Nyayalankara by Shrikantha

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