Nyāya Sūtras 17
Nyāyabhāṣya 17
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- Sanskrit
17.2
smṛtyanumānāgamasaṃśayapratibhāsvapnajñānohāḥ sukhādipratyakṣam icchādayaś ca manaso liṅgāni/ teṣu satsv ayam api ---
Memory, inference, testimony, doubt, intuition, dream-cognition, hypothetical reasoning, the direct perception of pleasure and so forth, and desire and so forth, are marks of the mind. While those exist, this also [is a mark]:
17.3
yupagajjñānānutpattir manaso liṅgam ||
Nyāyasūtra 1.1.16: The non-arising of cognitions simultaneously is a mark of the mind.
17.4
anindriyanimittāḥ smṛtyādayaḥ karaṇāntaranimittā bhavitum arhantīti/ yugapac ca khalu ghrāṇādīnāṃ gandhādīnāṃ ca sannikarṣeṣu satsu yugapaj jñānāni notpadyante,
Memory and so forth, which are not caused by the [external] sense organs, must be caused by another instrument. And indeed, even when there are simultaneous contacts of the olfactory organ and others with odors and others, cognitions do not arise simultaneously,
17.5
tenānumīyate, asti tat tad indriyasaṃyogi sahakāri nimittāntaram avyāpi, yasyāsannidher notpadyate jñānaṃ sannidheś cotpadyata iti/
From this it is inferred: there is another operative, non-pervading auxiliary cause that comes into contact with each respective sense organ, in the absence of which cognition does not arise, and in the presence of which it does arise.
17.6
manaḥsaṃyogānapekṣasya hīndriyārthasannikarṣasya jñānahetutve yugapad uptadyeran jñānānīti//16//
For if contact between sense organ and object were the cause of cognition without depending on contact with the mind, cognitions would arise simultaneously. //16
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit