Given below are two statements:

Statement I : Aristotelian syllogism has three terms.

Statement II : Nyaya syllogism has five terms.

In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Aristotle defines syllogism as "a discourse in which certain (specific) things having been supposed, something different from the things supposed results of necessity because these things is so."

Key PointsStatement I : Aristotelian syllogism has three terms.

• The Aristotelian syllogism is purely formal and deductive.
• The verbalistic Aristotelian syllogism.
• The main and minor terms in the Aristotelian syllogism are distinct in the premises even though they are linked to one another via the middle term.

So, Statement I is correct.

Statement II : Nyaya syllogism has five terms.

• In Nyaya Syllogism contains three terms: Middle term, Major term, and Minor term. 
• In Nyya Philosophy, the phrases sadhya, paksa, and hetu are used interchangeably to refer to major, minor, and medium terms.
• An inference is composed of a minimum of three sentences, each of which is made up of three distinct terms.

Thus, Statement II is incorrect. 

Hence, Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.