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In Indian philosophy, Ny?ya philosophy is known as Mok?ha-oriented philosophy. In Ny?ya philosophy, the word Mok?ha is used in the sense of apavarga or nih?reyasa. According to Ny?ya, Mok?ha or liberation is the ultimate goal. The main purpose of Ny?ya philosophy is to guide the right path to attain this ultimate goal of Mok?ha through epistemological and theoretical discussions. A total of sixteen padarthas are mentioned in Ny?ya philosophy. According to Maharshi Gautama, only if one has the tattvajnana of these sixteen pad?rthas can attain the nih?reyasa or the supreme puru??rtha apavarga. The main obstacle to attaining apavarga is suffering. And this suffering comes from false knowledge. Therefore, when false knowledge is destroyed, suffering ends, and only when suffering ends is liberation possible. That is, to attain liberation, we first need to destroy false knowledge. Only through knowledge of truth can the destruction of false knowledge be possible. When the knowledge of the truth is attained, the previously accumulated karma of the living being is destroyed and new karma is no longer produced. That is, the enjoyment of destiny of the living being is inevitably destroyed. When the enjoyment of destiny of the living being is destroyed and the karma is not produced, the rebirth of the living being is naturally prevented. If there is no rebirth, the ultimate cessation of suffering occurs. And only when suffering is completely eliminated does one attain Mok?ha or apavarga.