Nyayasutra 5.18

Nyāyasūtravṛtti 5.18

Language: Sanskrit

5.18

hetutvāddhisiddheḥ ayamarthaḥ daṇḍādikaṃ ghaṭāderna pūrvavarttitayā kāraṇaṃ tadānīṃ ghaṭāderabhāvāt kasya kāraṇaṃ syāt ataeva na ghaṭādyuttarakālavarttitayā'pi navā samānakālavarttitayā tulyakālavarttinoḥ savyetaraviṣāṇayorivāvinigamanāpatteḥ tathāca kālasambandhakhaṇḍanenāhetutayā pratyavasthānamahetusamaḥ kāraṇamātrakhaṇḍanena jñaptihetorapi khaṇḍanānna tadasaṃgrahaḥ pratikūlatarkadeśanābhāsā ceyaṃ |
atrottaramāha |
traikālyāsiddhistraikālyena yā'siddhiruktā sā na kutaḥ hetutaḥ sādhyasiddheḥ tvayā'pyabhyupagamāt |
pūrvavarttitāmātreṇaiva hetutāsambhavāt anyathā tadīya heto rapi sādhyaṃ na sidhyedityāha |

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Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit