Commentary on the Nyāyasūtra 471
Text of the Tokyo Indology Student Team 471
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- Sanskrit
471.2
anayor uttaram ---
471.3
pradīpaopādānaprasaṅgavinivṛttivat tadvinivṛttiḥ ||
471.4
idaṃ tāvad ayaṃ pṛṣṭo vaktum arhati, atha ke pradīpam upādadate, kimarthaṃ veti? didṛkṣamāṇā dṛśyadarśanārtham iti/ atha pradīpaṃ didṛkṣamāṇāḥ pradīpāntaraṃ kasmān nopādadate? antareṇāpi pradīpāntaraṃ dṛśyate pradīpaḥ, tatra pradīpadarśanārthaṃ pradīpopādānaṃ nirarthakam/ atha dṛṣṭāntaḥ kimartham ucyata iti? aprajñātasya jñāpanārtham iti/ atha dṛṣṭānte kāraṇāpadeśaḥ kimarthaṃ deśyate? yadi prajñāpanārtham, prajñāto dṛṣṭāntaḥ/ sa khalu ``laukikaparīkṣakāṇāṃ yasminn arthe buddhisāmyaṃ sa dṛṣṭānta'' iti/ tatprajñāpanārthaḥ kāraṇāpadeśo nirarthaka iti prasaṅgasamasyottaram//10//