Nyāya Sūtras 20
Nyāyabhāṣya 20
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- Sanskrit
20.3
punarutpattiḥ pretyabhāvaḥ ||
Rebirth is being born again.
20.4
utpannasya kvacit sattvanikāye mṛtvā yā punarutpattiḥ sa pretyabhāvaḥ/ utpannasya --- sambaddhasya/ sambandhas tu dehendriyamanobuddhivedanābhiḥ/ punarutpattiḥ --- punar dehādibhiḥ sambandhaḥ/ punar ity abhyāsābhidhānam/ yatra kvacit prāṇabhṛnnikāye vartamānaḥ pūrvopāttān dehādīn jahāti tat praiti/
Having died after being born in some class of living beings, being born again is rebirth. 'For one who has been born' means for one who has been connected; and connection is with body, sense organs, mind, understanding, and sensation. 'Being born again' means renewed connection with body and the rest. The word 'again' indicates repetition. Living in whatever class of living beings, when one abandons previously acquired body and the rest, that is 'departing' (praiti).
20.5
yat tatrānyatra vā dehādīn anyān upādatte tad bhavati/ pretyabhāvaḥ --- mṛtvā punarjanma, so 'yaṃ janmamaraṇaprabandhābhyāso 'nādir apavargāntaḥ pretyabhāvo veditavya iti//19//
When one acquires other bodies and the rest, either there or elsewhere, that is 'coming into being' (bhavati). Rebirth (pretyabhāva) is being born again after having died. This repeated series of births and deaths, beginningless and ending with final liberation, should be understood as rebirth. //19
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit