Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 11.2.p16
Nyāyabhāṣya (complete text) 11.2.p16
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11.2.p16
nanu svaviṣayaparicchittau pradhānyamanumānāderapi, tat kutaḥ pratyakṣasya pradhānatvād iti ekadeśī vaktītyata āha--pratyakṣaparā hīti| prāyeṇa pratyakṣamātrapūrvakamiti sākṣāt, paraṃparayā tu sarvamevānumānaṃ tathetyarthaḥ| upamānaṃ tu pratyakṣapūrvakamapi śabdapūrvakameveti| śabdapūrvakatve satyeva pratyakṣapūrvakatvaṃ tasya, kevalā tu pratyakṣapūrvakatā anumānamātra evetyarthaḥ||