Nyayasutra 1.1

1.1

lāghavāya dvandvaḥ samāsaḥ| sa ca sarvapadārthapradhāna iti dūṣakatāyāṃ parasparānapekṣatvaṃ sūcitam | lakṣaṇasūtropasthāpitalakṣyānusāreṇa vigrahaḥ | samaśabdaḥ pratyekamabhisambadhyate | samaśabdārthaśca vādinostulyatā | jātyuttarasya sthāpanādūṣakatvavat svasyāpi dūṣakatvāditi jātīnāṃ sādhāraṇaṃ dūṣa[ka]tvabījaṃ svavyāghātakatvaṃ sūcitam |
yadvā sthāpanāyāḥ samīkaraṇābhiprāyasya jātiprayogakāraṇatvāt sāmyāpādananiyatabuddhipūrvaprayogatvaṃ jātīnāṃ vyañjitam | anyathā saduttarāparisphūrtāvahamevāpakṛṣṭaḥ syāmityabhipretya tatprayogāt | etenoktisambhavo'pi darśitaḥ | asādhāraṇaṃ tu duṣṭatābījaṃ pratyuttarasūtreṣu sūtrakāra eva vakṣyati |
na cānvarthasaṃjñāniruktereva tattadviśeṣalakṣaṇasiddhau tadarthakasūtravaiyarthyam, sādhamryarūpaṃ svavyāghātakamuttaraṃ sādhamryasama ityādeḥ sarvatra sulabhatvāditi vācyam | sādhamryādīnāṃ sādhāraṇyena tattadviśeṣopasthityarthaṃ sthānakaraṇādipratisandhānārthañca pṛthagviśeṣalakṣaṇārambhāt | kā[ka]raṇādijñāne satyūhāpohābhyāsapāṭavārtiśayena paraprayuktajātipratiṣedhe saduttarāparisphūtauṃ svayaṃ parigrahe ca saukaryāt | tanna sarvatra pratyavasthānaprakārekhu sādhamryavaidhamryopasthite ............| tadviśeṣajñāne ca tatsāmānyajñānasyopajīvyatvāt |
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tatrāpi tadvyatirekagarbhatvāddhaidhamryasya paścādbhāve tayolakṣaṇāya sūtram |
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40] iti sūtraṃ vyācakṣāṇena svayamevāsata[t]sādhanopakramakathāyāṃ ṣaṭpakṣīpradarśanāditi |