श्रीमन्न्यायामृतम् - Shri Nyayamritam

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Preface We are very glad to publish a new recension of Nyayamritam, magnum opus of Sri Vyasthertha (1460-1539 AD) in its entirety. The need for such a correct edition has grown more than ever in the last three decades after many studious students and scholars alike stepped up their ante against research institutes like dwaita Vedanta foundation. Dr. Prahladacharya Joshi took the challenge and tirelessly worked on this edition, day in and day out, for the last 3 years. Even though Dvaita Vedanta Foundation has already published the entire Nyayamrita of Sri Vyasarajaru in 3 volumes, 25 years back, this critical edition is of high importance since divergent passages exist in various versions that have been published from different research institutions and this edition tries to address these challenges.

This critical edition has the following important aspects

Analysis of around 10-12 different manuscripts to determine the correctness of the passages. The references from the relevant manuscripts have been mentioned in this edition in places where the readings are divergent. Wherever the readings are different in different manuscripts, all the relevant commentaries for those passages are read to determine the exact passage. For e.g. It is well known that Advaita Siddhi of Madhusudana Sarasvati has done an extensive critical scrutinization of the Nyayamrita. While doing so, he has quoted the Nyayamrita passages verbatim. These have been used in choosing the correct passage from multiple manuscripts and editions. In one way, we are grateful to Madhusudana Sarasvati for composing the Advaita Siddhi, since while trying to do a critical examination of the Nyayamrita passages; we can find almost every sentence of Nyayamrita quoted before starting the analysis. This has helped immensely in deciding the exact sentence/word that was originally present in Nyayamrita, unlike in other commentaries (e.g. Amoda of Sri Vijayendra Theertha,) where only the difficult passages are elucidated.

Yet another difficulty faced during the creation of this edition was the divergent readings of the original text of Nyayamrita present in the commentaries of Tarangini, Laghvaamoda and Kantakodhara. These differences are quite shocking and astonishing given that all the authors were almost contemporaries of Sri Vyastheertha.

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