[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) › [Nyayasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra) › 5.2.1 # Nyayasutra 5.2.1 Nyāyasūtra 5.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.2.1) pratijñāhāniḥ pratijñāntaraṃ pratijñāvirodhaḥ pratijñāsannyāso hetvantaram arthāntaraṃ nirarthakam avijñātārtham apārthakam aprāpta kālaṃ nyūnam adhikaṃ punaruktam ananubhāṣaṇam ajñānam apratibhā vikṣepo matānujñā paryanuyojyopekṣaṇaṃ niranuyojyānuyogo 'pasiddhānto hetvā bhāsāśca nigrahasthānāni {nigrahasthāna-uddeśa-sūtram} ### [5.2.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.2.1.p1) \[nigrahasthānapañcakaprakaraṇam(2-6)\] ## Commentaries (6) - [Nyāyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana) — Vātsyāyana, Sanskrit - [Nyāyasūtroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vacaspati-misra.13.1) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit - [Vivaraṇa of Rādhāmohana Vidyāvācaspati Gosvāmin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!radhamohana-vidyavacaspati-gosvamin.11.1) — Rādhāmohana Vidyāvācaspati Gosvāmin 1730, Sanskrit - [Prakāśa of Keśava Miśra Tarkācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!kesava-misra-tarkacarya.14.1) — Keśava Miśra Tarkācārya 1500, Sanskrit - [Nyāyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!visvanatha.5.49) — Viśvanātha Nyāyapañcānana 1634, Sanskrit - [Anvīkṣānayatattvabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vardhamana.1.43.4) — Vardhamāna Upādhyāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.2.1) · Pramāṇa