A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.2.29

1.2.29

kalpanāyāṃ khalu doṣaḥ . anubhavāt siddhau na vayaṃ aparādhina ityāśayavān śaṅkate—nanviti . kutaḥ pramāṇatāṃ na pratipadyetetyatra hetuḥ—smaraṇajanakamiti . tat—liṅgajñānam . liṅgajñānaṃ hi ekasambandhijñānamaparasambandhismārakam itirītyā svavyāpakatvarūpasambandhinaḥ vahneḥ smṛtijanakaṃ sat vyāptismṛtijanakam . smṛtijanakaṃ ca liṅgajñānaṃ na pramāṇaṃ bhavitumarhati, anubhavajanakasyaiva pramāṇatvāt . vivecitaṃ caitat pūrvameva . ataḥ pūrvotpannaṃ liṅgajñānaṃ na pramāṇam . kintu vyāptismaraṇānantarameva liṅgasya pratītiḥ kalpanīyā . saiva liṅgaparāmarśa ityucyata iti madhye parāmarśakalpanamāvaśyakameveti . upalabhyeti . liṅgapratītiḥ ayamagnimān itirītyā anumeyaṃ vastu pūrvameva pradarśayantī na bhavet, kintu vahnijātīyavyāpyadhūmajātīyavānayaṃ ityeva bhavet . na ca tāvatā prakṛteṣṭasiddhiriti bhāvaḥ ..