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न्याय nyāya, vulg. nyāy, nyā`e, and H. िनयाय niyāy, or niyā`e (rt. nī, i.e. ni+i), s.m. Method, way, rule, model, manner, system, plan; right manner, fit or suitable method; fitness, propriety; justice, equity; virtue; truth; law, a lawful act;—policy, good government;—a law-suit;—decision (in a law-suit), adjudication, judicial sentence, judgment; arbitrament;—reason, argument, disputation, logic; proof; a complete syllogism;—the Nyāya doctrine (which consists principally of Logic); name of a Hindūschool of philosophy:—nyāyāćār (˚ya+āć˚), adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Acting justly, just; virtuous;—a just or virtuous man:—nyāyādhār (˚ya+ādh˚), s.m. 'Receptacle of justice,' etc.; a term applied to anyone who is a model of virtue or propriety:—nyāyānyāy (˚ya+an˚), s.m. Justice and injustice:—nyā`epatr, s.m. Decree (of a judge), decision; arbitrament:—nyā`e ćāhnā(-kā), To desire or demand justice (for); to seek redress:—niyāysabhā, s.f. A court of justice, or of arbitration:—nyāy-sthān, s.m. A court of law:—nyāy-sambandhī, adj. Logical:—nyāy-saṉyukt, adv. Suitably; justly, equitably; logically, etc.:—nyāya-sūtr, s.m. The aphorisms of the Nyāya philosophy (by Gautam):—nyāya-śāstra, s.m. The philosophical system of the Nyāya school; a treatise on the Nyāya system;—the science of Logic (as connected with the Nyāya school):—nyāya-śāstrī, s.m. One versed in the Nyāya system of philosophy, or in logic:—nyā`e-kaćahrī, s.f. A court of justice or law:—nyāy-kartā, s.m. (f. -trī), One who acts with justice or equity:—nyā`e karnā(-kā), To administer justice; to judge, to decide; to arbitrate (for):—nyā`e-wān, adj. & s.m. (f. -vatī), Acting rightly, behaving properly;—one who acts rightly, etc.