Nyayasutra 1.6.4

1.6.4

yadyapi pratyavasthānaṃ vacanaṃ jātirapyuttararūpā tadeveti pañcamyānanvayāt prathamāntameva taducitam, athavā sāmānyalakṣaṇasthitaṃ pratya[va]sthānapadamanuvartya tatsāmānādhikaraṇyenānvayo vācyaḥ, tathāpi pratidṛṣṭāntena a [sva] viṣayādyupalakṣaṇe niyatapratīpamavasthānaṃ tathā, jñānādikam, tathā ca pratidṛṣṭāntena tajjñānena yat pratidṛṣṭāntābhidhānaṃ tat pratyavasthānaṃ pratīpasthāpakatvāt | tasmāt pratisādhananiṣedharūpaḥ pratidṛṣṭāntasamaḥ pratyavasthānamiti vibhaktivipariṇāmānvayaḥ | pratiṣedhapadādhyāhārāt vibhaktivipariṇāmasya nyāyyatvāditi cenna, prakaraṇādupasthite pratiṣedhe [dhyā] hārābhāvāt | tvayāpi cāvaśyaṃ tadupasthitervaktavyatvāt | anyathā pratidṛṣṭāntasamaḥ pratiṣedha iti kathamanvayaḥ syāt | vipariṇāmānuṣaṅgayostvanuṣaṅga eva jyāyān | upasthitā[nu]yogāt | lyablope pañcamītyanye | tena pratidṛṣṭāntamātramālambya bāghapratirodhānyatarābhidhānaṃ pratidṛṣṭāntasamaḥ | pratidharmasamaprakaraṇasamābhyāmasya bhedaḥ, kevalapratidṛṣṭāntabalavṛttitvāt | bhāṣye [5|