A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.2.22
Nyāyamañjarī 2.2.22
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2.2.22
asti ceyaṃ śabdāduccaritāt tadarthāvagatiḥ . na ceyamakaraṇikaiva bhavitumarhati . tadasyāḥ karaṇaṃ sphoṭa iti kāryānumānamidamastu, pari śeṣānumānaṃ vā, arthāpattirvā . sarvathā'rthapratītilakṣaṇakāryavaśāt kalpya mānaṃ tat karaṇaṃ sphoṭa ityucyate . sa ca niravayavaḥ, nityaḥ, ekaḥ, niṣkāraṇaka iti na varṇapakṣakṣepaṇadakṣadūṣaṇapātratāṃ pratipadyate . ataśca sphoṭo'rthapratipādakaḥ, śabdādarthaṃ pratipadyāmaha iti vyavahārāt . bhavato hi varṇajanitassaṃskāro'rthapratipādakaḥ . tatra śabdāt iti prātipadikārthī'nupapannaḥ ..