Nyāya Sūtras 162
Nyāyabhāṣya 162
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162.2
śabdaprayogaṃ pratiṣedhataḥ śabdāntaraprayogaḥ pratiṣidhyate---
Against him who rejects the use of a word, the use of another word is rejected:
162.3
tadabhāve nāsty ananyatā tayor itaretarāpekṣasiddheḥ ||
[Answer:] In the absence of that, non-otherness does not exist, because their establishment is mutually dependent.
162.4
anyasmād ananyatām upapādayati bhavān, upapādya cānyat pratyācaṣṭe ananyad iti ca śabdam anujānāti, prayuṅkte cānanyad ity etat samāsapadam, anyaśadbo 'yaṃ pratiṣedhena saha samasyate/ yadi cātrottaraṃ padaṃ nāsti kasyāyaṃ pratiṣedhena saha samāsaḥ? tasmāt tayor anyānanyaśabdayor itaro 'nanyaśabda itaram anyaśabdam apekṣamāṇaḥ sidhyatīti tatra yad uktam anyatāyā abhāva iti etad ayuktam iti//32//
You establish non-otherness in relation to what is other; and having established it, you reject what is other, yet accept the word 'non-other', and you employ this compound word 'non-other'. This word 'other' is compounded with a negation. And if here the subsequent member does not exist, with what is this compound formed by negation? Therefore, of those two words 'other' and 'non-other', the one word 'non-other' is established in dependence upon the other word 'other'. Thus, what was said—'there is non-existence of otherness'—that is improper.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit