Template:Did you know nominations/Nyāya Sūtras
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The result was: promoted by Jolly Ω Janner 05:00, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
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Nyāya Sūtras
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Nyayasutras: how we learn?
... that Nyāya Sūtras is a Hindu Sanskrit text, composed before 2nd-century CE, on how we gain knowledge (pictured) and on logic, but it makes no mention of Vedic rituals?
ALT1: ... that the Hindu Sanskrit text Nyāya Sūtras, composed before 2nd-century CE, discusses sixteen categories of knowledge including perception, inference, comparison and testimony of reliable sources?- Reviewed: DYK Gopi_Talav
5x expanded by Ms Sarah Welch (talk). Self-nominated at 19:02, 8 January 2016 (UTC).
This is an impressive five-fold expansion on a subject of which I know nothing. The image is appropriately licensed and the article is neutral and amply supported by citations to sources unavailable to me. My queries are about the hook; once you start mentioning dates, you need to be accurate, and if the text might have been written in the 2nd-century CE, you need to say "before the 1st-century CE". Simple hooks are better than complex ones, in my view, and I put forward ALT2 for your considerationALT2:... that the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text Nyāya Sūtras focuses on knowledge and logic but makes no mention of Vedic rituals?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwmhiraeth (talk • contribs) 06:19, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- Did you mean "before the 3rd-century CE", to reflect abundance of caution? The "before the 1st-century CE" would be inconsistent with the article and what scholarly articles write. The 3rd-century wording would be consistent with the sources in the article. See Potter citation for the terminus ante quem on page 220 (I added a url for easier WP:V). I like your ALT2 suggestion. Here is another simpler hook than ALT1,
ALT3: ... that the pre-3rd century CE Nyāya Sūtras text of Hindu philosophy is a treatise on knowledge and logic which was studied by ancient scholars of Buddhism?- Thank you for your review. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 10:20, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- I am with you now. I think in terms of AD and BC, and the terms CE and BCE are unfamiliar to me. You could have ALT4. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:46, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
- ALT4: ... that the ancient Nyāya Sūtras text of Hindu philosophy is a treatise on knowledge and logic which was studied by scholars of Buddhism in the 2nd century CE?
- I like ALT4. Thank you. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 12:03, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
Going with ALT4 then. I think it is all right for me to approve a hook I suggested because it does not introduce any new facts. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:03, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
