A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.7.176
Nyāyamañjarī 2.7.176
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2.7.176
nanu ! paṃcānāṃ pratibandhalakṣaṇānāṃ katamadasya ślathībhūtam ? nānyatamasyāpi śaithilyaṃ brūmaḥ . tatkiṃ paṃcasvapi lakṣaṇeṣu na parisamāptaḥ pratibandhaḥ ? na na parisamāptaḥ . kā tarhīyaṃ viḍambanā—paṃcasu lakṣaṇeṣu pratibandhaḥ parisamāpyate, tāni cāsya santyeva . na caiṣa pratibandhaḥ iti kaitavam—ucyate—prayojyaprayojakabhāvena sādhyasādhanadharmayoḥ dhūmāgnivat pratibandho'vadhāryate . sa cātra prayojyaprayojakabhāvo nāstīti . ata evāyamanyathāsiddhaḥ aprayojaka iti kathyate ..