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198 Bhashaparichchheda by Vishwanatha Panchanana is an Elementary treatise on all the departments of Nyaya. Siddhantamuktavali is a commentary on the Bhashaparichheda by the author himself. Nyaya Sutras are by Gautama, the founder of this School of Philosophy. Kusumanjali treats of the Existence of the Deity and that of a Future State. The line of argumentation on the whole is similar to what is to be found in modern European works on the same subject. The author is Udayanacharya. Anumana Chintamani is a work of the modern School of Nyaya Philosophy on Deduction by Gangeshopadhyay. His reasoning is similar to that of the schoolmen of the middle ages of Europe. This treatise is what Bacon would call a "Cobweb of Learning." In the study of this work insurmountable difficulties are to be met with. Anumana Didhiti is its commentary by Raghunath Shiromani. He is the Dictator in the modern Nyaya School of Philosophy. Shabdasaktiprakashika by Jagadhisha is a treatise on the import of words, Paribhasha by Dharmaraja is a short treatise on the Vedantic doctrines. Tattwa Kaumudi by Vachaspati Mishra is a short but comprehensive Treatise on the Sankhya system of Philosophy. Khandana is by Shriharsha. The object of the author in this work is to refute all the then existing systems of Philosophy and to establish his favourite, the Vedantic. This work is of high repute. The author has handled the subject in the most abstruse style and has actually made it what they call "Muddy Metaphysics." Tattwaviveka by Udayanacharya aims at refuting the Buddha or Atheistical doctrine and proving the necessity of a Maker of the Universe. The style of this work has the opposite faults of being abstruse and diffuse.

After the above reservations, I beg leave to suggest that this class instead of being called the Nyaya or Logic class be called the Darshana or Philosophy Class, and that the study of Anumana Chintamani and Didhiti, Khandana