[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) › 2.4.42 # A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.4.42 Nyāyamañjarī 2.4.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.4.42) tāni punarindriyāṇāṃ kāraṇāni pṛthivyaptejovāyurākāśamiti bhūtāni . ebhyaḥ paṃcabhyaḥ—yathāsaṅkhyaṃ ghrāṇarasanacakṣustvakśrotrāṇi paṃścendriyāṇi bhavanti . bhūtaprakṛtitvamiti bhūtasvabhāvatvaṃ vyākhyāyamānaṃ paṃcasvapi saṃbhavati . bhūtakāraṇakatvaṃ tu anyeṣu caturṣvapi tathaiva . śrotre tu kathaṃcit karṇaśaṣkulyavācchinnanabhobhāgābhiprayeṇa vyavahārataḥ samarthanīyam . evaṃ sati bhautikānīndriyāṇi svaṃ svaṃ viṣayamadhigantumutsahanta iti tallakṣaṇatvameṣāṃ—siddhyatīti . ato bhūtebhyaḥ ityuktam .. - [Previous: 2.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.4.41) - [Next: 2.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.4.43) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Text of the Tokyo Indology Student Team](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.14.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.4.42) · Pramāṇa