[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) › [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra) › [Nyayasutroddhara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra) › 12.3 # Nyayasutra 12.3 Nyāyasūtroddhāra 12.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.3) atra tatpadena sthāpanāheturutpādyatvaṃ parāmṛśyate| tena tasmādeva siddhistatsiddhiḥ ! siddhiriti sthāpyasiddhiḥ prakṛtatvāt | tathā atra tatpadena sthāpanāheturutpādyatvaṃ parāmṛśyate | tena tasmādeva siddhiratatsaddhiḥ | siddhiriti sthāpyasiddhiḥ prakṛtatvāt | tathā cotpādyatvādeva sādharmyādanityatvasiddhinaṃ tu jātivādyuktasādharmya vaidharmyādvā kevalāt | gotvāt gosiddhivat | yathā gotvādeva gosādharmyāt gosiddhirgovyavahāra itarabhedo vā | na śṛṅgitvādeḥ sādharmyāt na vai kakuttvāddavaidharmyāt tathetyarthaḥ | vyāpterhi sādharmyād vaidharmyādvā siddhirbhavati | na tu sādharmyādimātrāt | anyathā bhavadvacanamapi adūṣakaṃ prameyatvādadūṣakasādharmyāditi svavyāghātakaṃ tvadvākyamāpatitamiti bhāvaḥ | yadvā tasmādityanena yogyatayā prakṛtattvena ca vyāptiviśiṣṭameva sthāpanāṅgaṃ parāmṛśyate | tathā cāvyāptyā tvaduktānna siddhirityarthasiddhamiti | 5| - [Previous: 12.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.2.5) - [Next: 12.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.4.1) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.1.1) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.12.3) · Pramāṇa