2025, Vol. 11, Issue 1, Part B

author(s)
Kushal Kumar Khajanchi

abstract
The article aims at analyzing the not only India but also others countries influence on the development of philosophical thinking in particular of the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika. Philosophy can’t be developed without the universe view of the philosopher. A world view is constructed by a philosopher over a period of time, out of direct experiences and reflections on the tradition. The paper focuses on the world aspect of the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika concept of Indian Philosophy. Friedrich Max Muller was well aware of the Romantic roots of his own Indological interest. G.W.F. Hegel, the most powerful critic of Romantic nostalgia, represents a different and highly critical approach to Indian thought; yet, he is a keen and watchful observer and tries to deal philosophically with Indian philosophy. The classical period of Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika in the 1^st millennium A.D. is a period of constant conflict with Buddhist philosophy, but at the same time of a remarkable interplay and mediation of ideas. This specific relationship between Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika and Buddhist Logic in several exemplary cases, been pronounced by Frauwallner and his disciples. However, in their most recent contributions only a somewhat casual attention is paid to the classical and ancient periods of Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika. We explore the possibility of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika methodology being influenced by world arguing that the developed on its own approach.