A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.2.5
Nyāyamañjarī 2.2.5
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2.2.5
nanu ! evamastu . sphoṭo'nya evārthapratipādako bhavatu . kā kṣatirnaiyāyikānām ? kathaṃ na kṣatiḥ ! āptapraṇītatvena hi śabdasya pramāṇyaṃ tairuktam . sphoṭasya ca nityatvena nāptapraṇītatvam . ataśca yasyānityatvaṃ varṇātmanaḥ śabdasya sādhitam, nāsāvarthapratītihetuḥ . ato na pramāṇam . yaścārthapratītihetuḥ sphoṭātmā śabdaḥ, tasya nānityatvam, na cāptapraṇītatvamiti asthāne naiyāyikāḥ kliṣṭā bhaveyuḥ . tasmādanityānāṃ varṇānāmeva vācakatvaṃ pratiṣṭhāpanīyam . parākaraṇīyaśca sphoṭa iti ..