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Akshapada Gotama
Mithila (Bihar), India
Archival Overview
Ancient Indian sage and logician who authored the 'Nyaya Sutras', establishing the foundational system of Indian formal logic, epistemology, and the four valid means of knowledge (Pramanas).
Biographical Record
Akshapada Gotama (c. 2nd century BCE) founded the Nyaya school of philosophy, which posited that human liberation from suffering (Apavarga) is achieved through flawless knowledge of reality. He formulated the rigorous Indian five-step syllogism: proposition, reason, example, application, and conclusion.
Gotama established the four valid means of acquiring true knowledge (Pramanas): perception (Pratyaksha), inference (Anumana), comparison (Upamana), and trustworthy testimony (Shabda). His analytical rules of debate and fallacies (Hetvabhasa) governed Indian philosophical inquiry for two millennia.
Key Life Milestones
Composition of the Nyaya Sutras
Codified the sixteen categories of logical analysis and the five-membered Indian syllogism.
Establishment of the Four Pramanas
Formulated the definitive epistemology of Indian philosophy defining perception, inference, analogy, and testimony.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialGodna (Bihar), India