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# Nyayacandrika 1.p498

Nyāyacandrikā 1.p498

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.p498](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.nyaya-khandana.nyayacandrika.1.p498)

īśvarabhedasya śāstrasiddhasyāpyupāsanopapādakatayā cāritārthyāt paratvena nirviśeṣavākyasya ṣaḍvidhatātparyakramasaṅkhyā dvaitam advaitam bhyāsāt tātparyaviṣayatvopapattyā ca liṅgopabṛṃhitasya tato'pi balavattayā śāstramahātātparyaviṣayatvāt tadviro- niṣedhāpekṣitaniṣedhyasamarpakatayā, tadudhena jīvabrahmaikyaṃ na śāstrārthaḥ pajīvyatve'pi “yo hotā so'dhvaryuḥ” “audumbaro yūpo bhavati” “na tau paśau karoti” ityādāviva pratyāmnānāt pratiṣedhādvopajīvakāpekṣayā durbalatvena nirviśeṣavākyabādhyatvopapattyā mahātātparyaviṣayatvāyogāḥ| ata eva “neti neti” iti viśeṣāṇāṃ niṣedha upapadyate | sarvathā tu vyāvahārikaṃ prāmāṇyaṃ saguṇavākyānāṃ sādhanāvasthādhikāriviṣayāṇām, siddhāvasthādhikārikāṇāṃ ca nirviśeṣavākyānāṃ virodhābhāvādubhayaprāmāṇyanirvāho vinā'nyathānayanaṃ bhavituṃ yuktam ; ananyaśeṣāṇāṃ nirviśeṣavākyānāmaśrutopāsanāvidhīnāmapyupāsanāśeṣatayā nayanaṃ tu na yuktam (452-457) pratyakṣānumānāgamā eva pramāṇam | pratyakṣānumānopamānāgamārthāpattyanupaupamānārthāpattyoranumāne'ntarbhāvaḥ | labdhīnāṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ prāmāṇyam | sarveṣāṃ anupalabdheḥ pratyakṣe'ntarbhāvaḥ svatantraṃ prāmāṇyam, na kasyāpi teṣu kutrāpyantarbhāvaḥ (287-324) 39 “smṛtiḥ pratyakṣamaitihyam” iti vaca- anadhigatārthagantṛtvamapi pramā | smṛtirna nāt smṛtirapi pramā ; yāthārthyameva pramā | “smṛtiḥ pratyakṣam” iti prāmāṇyam | anadhigatārthaparicchittirna pramā manvādismṛtiparam (325-382)

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Nyāyamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.1.2.277) — Jayanta Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Nyāyacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.nyayacandrika.1.p498) — Gaṅgādhara, Sanskrit

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