A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.7.121
Nyāyamañjarī 2.7.121
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2.7.121
nanu ! ekaikalakṣaṇāpāyāt paṃca hetvābhāsā ityuktam . asya ca hetorubhe lakṣaṇe na staḥ . yathā hyasya sapakṣe vṛttirnāsti, tathā vipakṣādapi vyāvattiḥ . yadi hi sapakṣādiva vipakṣādapi vyāvṛtta eṣa bhavet gandhavattvavadasādhāraṇa eva syāditi—satyamevam—vipakṣādavyāvṛttiḥ vyabhicāraṃ prati prayojakatāṃ pratipadyate . pratipakṣagāmī hi vyabhicarita ityucyate . sapakṣe vṛttivicchedastu viparyayasiddhau prayojaka iti satyāmapi vipakṣavṛttau sapakṣavṛttivicchedanibandhanamevāsya viruddhatvamucyate . vipakṣādapracyutaḥ svasādhyameva na sādhayet . sapakṣe tvavartamāno'sau viparītamapi sādhayatīti tallakṣaṇāpāyakṛtamevāsya viruddhatvamācakṣata ityalaṃ sūkṣmekṣikayā . tadidamuktaṃ siddhāntamabhyupetya tadvirodhī viruddhaḥ iti ..