Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
In its metaphysics, the Nyaya system is allied to the
APatanjali (Yoga) system
BBuddhist system
CVaisheshika system ✓ Correct
DJain system
Correct answer: (C) Vaisheshika system — Nyaya is allied with the Vaisheshika system in metaphysics, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Nyaya is allied with the Vaisheshika system in metaphysics, so that is the answer.
★Nyaya and Vaisheshika are treated as a closely linked pair of schools.
★Nyaya supplies the logic and epistemology, Vaisheshika the metaphysics of categories.
★So Nyaya draws its metaphysics largely from Vaisheshika.
★The two are together called the Nyaya-Vaisheshika tradition.
★So the answer is the Vaisheshika system.
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