[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) › 2.8.151 # A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.8.151 Nyāyamañjarī 2.8.151 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.151) yadyapi prayatnakāryānyatvamupalabhyate; tathāpi prakṛte śabde prayatnasyābhivyaktāvahetutvam . na prayatnataḥ śabdamabhivyanakti, kintvabhūtaprādurbhāvameva vidhatte . kasmāt ? anupalabdhikāraṇānupapatteḥ . yatra hi sataḥ padārthasya pratyatno'bhivyaktihetuḥ, tatra tasya sataḥ salilāderanupalabdhikāraṇamasti mṛdādivyavadhānam . tadapohamācaratā prayatnena tadabhivyaktiḥ saṃpādyate . śabdasya tu na kiṃcidanupalabdhinibandhanaṃ vyavadhānādi saṃbhavatīti varṇitam . atastasyāsata evātmalābhanimittamuccāraṇādiprayatnaḥ na sato'bhivyaktinimittam . tasmādanityaḥ śabda iti siddham .. - [Previous: 2.8.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.150) - [Next: 2.8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.152) - [Up: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.151) · Pramāṇa