This is a vastly improved new edition of Karikavali, Muktavali, Dinakari and Ramarudri. In preparing this new edition, Subodhini, a brilliant commentary on these texts by Sri Pariksit Thampuran was immensely helpful. Punctuations have been introduced to help the readers follow the arguments more easily. Quotations found in the texts have been traced and references given in the Notes.
The muktavali and its commentaries have been the most popular standard work on Navyanyaya. Yet no systematic translation and interpretation of these works are available in any modern language. Thought there were some attempts to translate Muktavali, this is the first time that an attempt has been made to translate Dinakari into any modern language, Indian or Western…. This solid introduction addressed to the serious students of Nyaya thought on sabda is lucid ...