A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 1.4.259

1.4.259

yattu mānavaṃ vākyamudāhṛtaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśadābdikaṃ, tat trivedādhyayanaviṣayaṃ vaikalpikam . vedānadhītya vedau vā vedaṃ vā'pi yathākramam manusmṛ. 3-2 iti ekasmin vede dvādaśavarṣāṇi vratam, dvayoḥ caturviṃśatiḥ, trayāṇāṃ ṣaṭtriṃśaditi . yastu caturo vedānadhīte, tasya aṣṭacatvāriṃśadvarṣaṃ vedabrahmacaryamupāsīta iti smṛtyantaramasti, na ca tadāryairnādṛtam . tatra trivedādhyāyināmeva prativarṣaṃ ṣoḍaśavarṣāṇi vrataṃ carediti vyākhyānamasaṅgatam, upakramavirodhāt, anupayogācca . tena vedāntarādhyayanakṛta evāyaṃ vikalpavidhiḥ, na dvādaśaṣoḍaśavarṣāpekṣa ityanādaro'pyasyāṃ smṛtau kṛṣṇakeśo'gnīnādadhīta iti śrutivirodhakṛtaḥ, nātharvavedādhyayananiṣedhagarbha iti ..