[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) › 2.7.177 # A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.7.177 Nyāyamañjarī 2.7.177 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.7.177) kathaṃ punarasyāprayojakatvamavagatam—ucyate—mūrtatvaṃ hi sarvagatetaradravyaparimāṇaviśeṣādidharmaḥ vastusvabhāvamātranibandhanaḥ na kṛtakatvādi vadanityatāṃ prayoktumutsahate . tathā hi paramāṇuṣu siddheṣu satsu tatra varta mānaṃ mūrtatvaṃ anityatāṃ sādhayet, anyathātvāśrayāsiddhatāmupeyāt . sidhyanta eva ca sāvayavakāryānumānamārgeṇa, loṣṭapravibhaṃgāvabhāsamāna bhāgaparamparāparikalpanakrameṇa vā paramāṇavo niravayavāḥ siddhyanti . sāvayavatve hi tadavayavāḥ paramāṇavo bhaveyu, na te . teṣāmapyavayavāntaraparikalpanāyāmapi avayavānāmānantyāviśeṣat sarṣapasya merośca sāmyamāpadyate . na ca tadasti . tadevaṃ niravayaveṣu paramāṇuṣu nisargasiddhamanāśritatvam . ataśca āśrayavināśāvayavavibhāgādivināśakāraṇābhāvāt, svābhāvikavināśavādanirākaraṇācca kathaṃ paramāṇūnanityatā spṛśet . mūrtatvaṃ tu vastudharmatvādbhavadapi prameyatvāt na prayojakam .. - [Previous: 2.7.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.7.176) - [Next: 2.7.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.7.178) - [Up: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.7.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.7.177) · Pramāṇa