Pramāṇa and Evidence: Nyāya Epistemology in Contemporary Research Method

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This paper examines the Nyāya theory of pramāṇa as a framework for evaluating evidence in contemporary research methodology. Drawing on the Nyāyasūtra and Vātsyāyana's Bhāṣya, it argues that the fourfold classification of valid cognition — pratyakṣa, anumāna, upamāna and śabda — offers a discipline-independent account of justification that can be placed in dialogue with modern evidence hierarchies without collapsing either tradition into the other.

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2026-04-30

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Inaugural Issue

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Sample Author. “Pramāṇa and Evidence: Nyāya Epistemology in Contemporary Research Method.” Siddhanta Journal of World Knowledge Systems 1, no. 1 (2026): 7-28.

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