Nyāya Sūtras 159
Nyāyabhāṣya 159
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- Sanskrit
159.2
ayaṃ tarhi hetuḥ---
[Opponent:] Here then is a logical reason:
159.3
abhyāsāt ||
[Objection:] Because of repetition.
159.4
abhyasyamānam avasthitaṃ dṛṣṭam/
pañcakṛtvaḥ paśyatīti rūpam avasthitaṃ punaḥ punar dṛśyate/ bhavati ca śabde 'bhyāsaḥ---daśakṭtvo 'dhīto 'nuvāko viṃśatikṛtvo 'dhīta iti/ tasmād avasthitasya punaḥ punar uccāraṇam abhyāsa iti//29//
That which is repeated is observed to be permanent. In 'he looks five times', the form, being permanent, is seen again and again. And repetition occurs with regard to sound: 'the section has been studied ten times', 'it has been studied twenty times'. Therefore repetition is the repeated utterance of that which is permanent.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit