Nyaya Ratnamala of Parthasarathi Misra 2.3.5

2.3.5

gṛhṇota' | natvevam | kiṃtu jñānamātraṃ svaviṣayamātraṃ gṛhṇāti' | tat sarvatra vidyamānamavidyamānaṃ vā prāmāṇyaṃ svataḥ gṛhṇātyeveti nāprāmāṇyapariśeṣaḥ | tataśca prāmāṇyaṃ svata eva pūrvaṃ gṛhītaṃ paścāt kāraṇadoṣādinā yeṣu jñāneṣvapodyāprāmāṇyaṃ gṛhyate tadapramāṇamiti niścīyata ityaprāmāṇyaṃ parata ityarthaḥ | asminnarthe saṃmatimāha-yathāhati | autsargikaṃ svabhāvikaṃ anāgantukamityarthaḥ | ata evāyaṃ vicāraḥ kārikāyāṃ jñānamātrasādhārasymbol[ṇe]yena pravṛtta ityāha-naceti | saṃśayasya tāvadutpattisamaya evātathātvapratīteḥ smṛtestvanubhavapāratantrayeṇārthatathātvā tathātvayostadadhīnatvāt tatparivarjanena niścayātmakasarvajñānaviṣayo'yaṃ vicāra ityarthaḥ | pramāṇajñānādhikāreṇaiva vicārapravṛttau vicārasyaiva naiṣphalyaṃ prasajyata ityāha-yadīti | jñānamātrādhikāreṇaiva vicārapravṛttau sāphalyamityāha-jñānamātraṃ tviti |