Nyāya Sūtras 176
Nyāyabhāṣya 176
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176.2
na vikāradharmānupapatteḥ ||
NyS 2.2.46: [Answer:] No, because the characteristic property of modification does not obtain.
176.3
ayaṃ vikāradharmā dravyasāmānye, yadātmakaṃ dravyaṃ mṛd vā suvarṇaṃ vā tasyātmano 'nvaye pūrvo vyūho nivartate, vyūhāntaraṃ copajāyate; taṃ vikāram ācaṣṭe/ na varṇasāmānye kaścic chabdātmā 'nvayī ya itthaṃ jahāti yatvaṃ cāpadyate/ tatra yathā sati dravyabhāve vikāravaiṣamye nānaḍuho 'śvo vikāro vikāradharmānupapatteḥ, evam ivarṇasya na yakāro vikāro vikāradharmānupapatter iti//46//
This characteristic property of modification belongs to the universal of substance: whatever the substance consists of—whether clay or gold—while that essence persists, the earlier arrangement ceases and another arrangement arises; this is termed 'modification'. There is no persisting vocal entity in the universal of speech sounds which abandons the nature of 'i' in this way and attains the nature of 'ya'. In that case, just as, even though substancehood is present and there is disparity among modifications, a horse is not a modification of an ox because the characteristic property of modification does not obtain, so the sound 'ya' is not a modification of the sound 'i' because the characteristic property of modification does not obtain.
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit