Nyāya Sūtras 166
Nyāyabhāṣya 166
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166.2
na vai nimittāntaraṃ saṃskāra upalabhyate/ anupalabdher nāstīti?
[Opponent:] Indeed, another causal factor, an impulse, is not apprehended. Does it not exist because of non-apprehension?
166.3
pāṇinimittapraśleṣāc chabdābhāve nānupalabdhiḥ ||
[Answer:] There is no non-apprehension, because the absence of sound is due to contact caused by the hand.
166.4
pāṇikarmaṇā pāṇighaṇṭāpraśleṣo bhavati tasmiṃś ca sati śabdasantāno notpadyate ataḥ śravaṇānupapattiḥ/
By the action of the hand, contact between the hand and the bell occurs, and when that exists, the series of sounds is not produced; hence hearing cannot occur.
166.5
tatra pratighātidravyasaṃyogaḥ śabdasya nimittāntaraṃ saṃskārabhūtaṃ niruṇaddhīty anumīyate; tasya ca nirodhāc chabdasantāno notpadyate/ anutpattau śrutivicchedo yathā pratighātidravyasaṃyogād iṣoḥ kriyāhetau saṃskāre niruddhe gamanābhāva iti/ kampasantānasya sparśanendriyagrāhyasya coparamaḥ/ kāṃsyapātrādiṣu pāṇisaṃśleṣo liṅgaṃ saṃskārasantānasyeti/ tasmān nimittāntarasya saṃskārabhūtasya nānupalabdhir iti//36//
In that case, it is inferred that conjunction with an obstructing substance arrests another cause of sound, which has become a trace; and because of its arrest, the series of sounds is not produced. When it is not produced, there is a cessation of hearing, just as, when the trace that is the cause of motion of an arrow is arrested by conjunction with an obstructing substance, there is an absence of motion. And there is the cessation of the series of vibrations graspable by the sense organ of touch. Contact of the hand on bronze vessels and the like is the mark of the series of traces. Therefore, another cause that has become a trace is not unapprehended. (36)
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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