[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) › 2.8.38 # A Cluster of Nyāya Flowers 2.8.38 Nyāyamañjarī 2.8.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.38) sādharmyavaidharmyasamayoridamuttaram . yadi sādharmyamātraṃ vaidha rmyamātra vā sādhyasādhanaṃ pratijñāyeta, syādiyamanavasthā . bhavecca bhavatprayuktānāmīdṛśāmapi sthāpanāhetoraviśeṣaḥ . viśiṣṭaṃ tu sādharmyaṃ vaidharmya vā prayojakaṃ mucyamānaṃ naivaṃvidhaiḥ pratyavasthānaiḥ upahanyate . yathā satyapi sattādisāmānyasaṃbandhe, satyapi śuklādiguṇasaṃbandhe, satyapi calanādikarmayoge na gauḥ tathātvena tatsādharmyāt siddhyati, aśvādivaidharmyādvā, kintu avyabhicāriṇaḥ gotvādisaṃbandhādeva . tathehāpyaskhalitaniyamaṃ sādharmyaṃ, vaidharmyaṃ vā sādhyasiddhinibandhanam, na sādharmyādimātramiti .. - [Previous: 2.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.37) - [Next: 2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.39) - [Up: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8) ## Commentaries (1) - [Nyāyamañjarīgranthibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari!granthibhanga.70.p13) — Cakradhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.38) · Pramāṇa