

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary nir affirmative prefix, ṇī to guide, affix, bhāve ac. (In the Mimansa.) The application of a conclusive argument. Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary Nirnaya in Sanskrit glossary Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary It also teaches the rules for composing dramatic plays ( nataka) and poetic works ( kavya). Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (śāstra) of performing arts, (nāṭya, e.g., theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. Nirṇaya (निर्णय).-One of the fourteen elements of the ‘concluding segment’ ( nirvahaṇasandhi) -(Description:) Declaration of facts personally known is called Ascertainment ( nirṇaya). Nirvahaṇasandhi refers to the “ segments ( sandhi) of the concluding part ( nirvahaṇa)” and represents one of the five segments of the plot ( itivṛtta or vastu) of a dramatic composition ( nāṭaka). Nirṇaya represents one of the fourteen nirvahaṇasandhi, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 21. Nirṇaya (निर्णय, “ascertainment”) refers to ‘settlement’ of the plot. Nirnaya in Natyashastra glossary Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra The Nyaya philosophy is known for its theories on logic, methodology and epistemology, however, it is closely related with Vaisheshika in terms of metaphysics. Nyaya (न्याय, nyaya) refers to a school of Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. It is stated in the Nyāyasūtra that nirṇaya is the establishment of something by stating two opposite sides.

Nirṇaya is a certain knowledge about anything. By rejecting the opposite arguments establishment of the self-opinion is called nirṇaya. Nirṇaya (निर्णय, “confutation”) refers to “settlement” or “ascertainment” and represents the ninth of the sixteen padārthas (“categories”) in the first chapter of Gautama’s Nyāyasūtra (2nd century CE). Source: Shodhganga: A study of Nyāya-vaiśeṣika categories The sixteen padārthas represent a method of intellectual analysis and categorize everything that is knowable and nameable. It is one of the sixteen categories of discussion ( padārtha) according to the doctrine of the Nyāya-sūtras by Akṣapāda. Nirṇaya (निर्णय) refers to “ascertainment”, or “settlement”. Nirnaya in Nyaya glossary Source: Wisdom Library: Nyāya
