Sanskrit-Lexikon

nyāya (m)

(esp.) a general or universal rule
a lawsuit
a logical or syllogistic argument or inference
a popular maxim or apposite illustration
a system of philosophy delivered by Gotama or Gautama (it is one of the six darśanas)
analogy
axiom
fitness
judgment
judicial sentence
legal proceeding
likeness
manner
method
model
plan
propriety
right or fit manner or way
rule
standard
system
that into which a thing goes back i.e. an original type