[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) › [Anvikshanayatattvabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana) › 1.4.1 # Nyayasutra 1.4.1 Anvīkṣānayatattvabodha 1.4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana.1.4.1) iha yadyapi varṇyaṃ jñāpyam | tacca hetoḥ sādhyasya vā | nādyo hetāvanuvartanīyaṃ sādhyam, tena ca pratyavasthānamasambhavo\[vi\] | nāntyaḥ, sādhyasya sādhyāntarābhāvāt kena pratyavastheyam | ata eva sādhyasamāpi visadhnā1\[visaṃsthulā\] varṇyasamapunaruktā ca dharmiṇaḥ svaparasādhāraṇyābhāvāt | samapadānvayaścāvarṇyenājñāpyena ca pratyavasthānāsambhavaḥ | tathāpi varṇyāvarṇye \[vikalpa\] sādhyasameṣu bhāvapradhāno nirdeśaḥ | tatra kṛtyasya sādhutvāt | prakaraṇāvacchedakaikarūpalābhāya sarvapadārthapradhāno dvandvaḥ | tathāpyutkarṣādīnāṃ lakṣyapadatvāt sādhyadṛṣṭāntayordharmavikalpādityasya ca jātiṣaṭkasādhāraṇyenātivyāpakatvādenekalakṣaṇaparatayāpi tasya vyākhyāne prakaraṇopādhyaprāpterlakṣaṇaṃ kimāsāmiti cenna sasādhyāniruktyanantavaryaṃ2 viśeṣamāśritya sādhyadṛṣṭāntadharmavikalpānāṃ tattajjātilakṣaṇatvāt | \[sa\] sādhyārthamātrasyālakṣaṇatvāt | pakṣāvidyamānadharmasañjanāderjātyantare'pi sambhavāt | tatra dharmavikalpādityantena pañca lakṣaṇāni | tatsādhyatvāditi ṣaṣṭhamiti prāñcaḥ | ubhayamapi sarvatreti navdyāḥ | utkarṣasamādiṣvapyubhayasādhyatvāt | sādhyasamasyāpi sādhyadṛṣṭāntadharmavikalpādevotthānāt | ghaṭe dṛṣṭānte dṛṣṭā tatkṛtakatvādyathā.śabde sādhyamanityatvaṃ, tathā tatraiva tasya rūpasāhacaryamapyastīti tata eva rūpavattvamapyastu | nahyubhayoḥ sādhyatvena viśeṣo'stītyubhayasādhyatvenotkarṣādīnāmapyutthānāt | - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana.1.3) - [Next: 1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana.1.4.2) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana.1.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.1.4) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana.1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana.1.4.1) · Pramāṇa