[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) › [Nyayasutravritti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha) › 5.18 # Nyayasutra 5.18 Nyāyasūtravṛtti 5.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha.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 | - [Previous: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha.5.16) - [Next: 5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha.5.20) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.1.17.p1) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha.5.18) · Pramāṇa