A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.2.22

1.2.22

pramāṇatāṃ—karaṇatām . pratyakṣasya pramāṇasya—indriyākhyasya . smṛtijanakatvāditi . pramāṇaṃ hyanubhavajanakam; evañca smṛtijanakatvāt ālocanājñānaṃ indriyākhyapramāṇasya phalameva, na tu pramāṇamityarthaḥ . apramāṇaphalamapi satī—pramāṇaphalaṃ abhavatyapi . sākṣāt indriyādyajanyamapītyarthaḥ . nanu pūrvānubhavajanitasaṃskārādutpannāyā sukhasādhanatvānusmṛteḥ kathaṃ pratyakṣapramāṇatvam ? iti śaṅkāyāmāha—tatheti . nātra smṛteḥ pratyakṣapramāṇatvamuktaṃ, kintu anusmṛteḥ . idantāṃśe tasyāḥ pratyakṣatvaṃ vartata eva indriyasāpekṣatvāt . pratyabhijñā hyanusmṛtiḥ . pratyabhijñā ca pratyakṣamevetyarthaḥ . indriyetyādi . indriyaviṣayavastuviṣayakaparāmarśetyarthaḥ ..