Survey of editions of the Nyāyabhāṣya and their sources

This survey of altogether twenty-five editions is organized in chronological order. It assembles all available information on Nyāyabhāṣya editions and the manuscripts used by the editors. In the form of remarks, it also contains results of our research on individual editions and their publication history.

[C1_E] Jayanarayana Tarkapanchanana. Bibliotheca Indica 50 (N.S. 56, 67, 70). Calcutta 1864-1865.
[C2_E] Jivananda Vidyasagara. Calcutta 1874.
[V1_E] Keshava Shastri. The Pandit (N.S.) Vol. 2, 1877-1878.
[C3_E] Jivananda Vidyasagara. Calcutta 1893. 2nd ed. of C2_E.
[V2_E] Gangadhara Shastri Tailanga. Vizianagram Sanskrit Series 9. Benares 1896. Reprint Delhi 1984.
[C4_E] Kalivara Vedantavagisa. Calcutta 1906 (B.S. 1313).
[C5_E] Phanibhushana Tarkavagisha. 5 vols. Calcutta 1917-1929 (1324-1336 B.S.). Reprinted in 5 vols. West Bengal State Book Board, 1981-1989.
Jivananda Vidyasagara. Calcutta 1919. 3rd ed. of C2_E.
[C6_E] Ashubodha Vidyabhushana and Nityabodha Vidyaratna. 4th ed., Calcutta 1919. Reprint Delhi 1986.
[V3_E] Lakshmana Shastri Jatapathin (Dravida), Ramashastri Bhandari (revs.), Vindhyeshvari Prasad Dvivedin (original conception or consultancy?). Kashi Sanskrit Series 43. Benares 1920.
[V4_E] Ganganath Jha and Dhundhiraj Shastri. Chowkhambha Sanskrit Series 55. Benares 1920-1925. Reprint 1984.
[P1_E] Digambara Shastri Joshi. Anandashrama Sanskrit Series 91. Pune 1922. Reprint Pune 1984.
[B_E] Sudarshanacharya Shastri Punjabi. Bombay 1922. Reprint Bombay 1986 (Sudhi Series 10), Varanasi 1998 (Bauddha Bharati Series 38).
[Ma_E] Thakur Udaya Narayan Singh. Madhurapur, Muzaffarpur: Shastra Publishing House, 1934. Reprint Delhi 1988 (Vrajajivana Pracyabharati Granthamala 34).
[C7_E] Amarendra Mohan Tarkatirtha, Taranatha Nyaya-Tarkatirtha, Hemanta Kumar Tarkatirtha. Calcutta Sanskrit Series 18. Calcutta 1936-1944. Reprint Kyoto 1982. 2nd ed., New Delhi 1985.
[P2_E] Ganganath Jha. Poona Orientalist 1-10. Pune 1936-1945. Text reprinted as Poona Oriental Series 58, Pune 1939.
[V5_E] Padmaprasad Shastri and Hariram Shukla. Kashi Sanskrit Series (Haridas Sanskrit Series) 43, Nyāya Sec. No. 6. Benares 1942. 2nd ed. of V3_E.
[V7_E] Dvarika Das Shastri. Bauddha Bharati Series 11. Varanasi 1966.
[Da_E] Anantalal Thakur. Adhyāya 1. Mithila Institute Series Ancient Text 20. Darbhanga 1967.
[V6_E] Padmaprasad Shastri and Hariram Shukla. Kashi Sanskrit Series 43. Varanasi 1983. 3rd ed. of V3_E.
[G_E] Shrinivasa Shastri. 3 Vols. Gaziabad: Indo-Vision Private Limited, 1986, 1987, 1992.
[D1_E] Anantalal Thakur. Nyāyacaturgranthikā 1. New Delhi 1997.
[D2_E] Sunanda Saccidananda Mishra. Delhi 1999.
[V8_E] Dvarika Das Shastri. Bauddha Bharati Series 11. Varanasi 1999. New (fifth, enlarged and revised) edition of V7_E.
[D3_E] Raghunath Ghosh. Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2003.

Abbreviations (Editions)

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