[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Logic and epistemology](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya) › [A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari) › 2.2.98 # A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.2.98 Nyāyamañjarī 2.2.98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.2.98) atha dhvanayaḥ śabdavyaktimādadhānāḥ sthānakaraṇānurodhenāsatyameva varṇabhedamupadarśayanti, śyāmādirūpamiva mukhasya khaṅgādṛya ityucyate—tadapya sat—asatyatve nimittābhāvāt . pratīyante hi nirbādhayā buddhyā varṇāḥ . tadatiriktastu śabdo na pratīyate . yaśca na pratīyate, so'sti; ye ca pratīyante, te na santautyucyamāne—śaśo nāsti, viṣāṇamastīti syāt . tasmādayamapi na kalpanāgauravaparihārakṣamaḥ panthāḥ . ataḥ suṣṭūktaṃ śabdakalpanāyāṃ sā ca, śabdakalpanā ca iti .. - [Previous: 2.2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.2.97) - [Next: 2.2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.2.99) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.2) ## Commentaries (1) - [Nyāyamañjarīgranthibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari!granthibhanga.56.p25) — Cakradhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.2.98) · Pramāṇa