Nyayasutra 227
Nyāyabhāṣya 227
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227.3
pārthivāpyataijasaṃ tadaguṇopalabdheḥ ||
[Objection:] It is made of earth, water, and fire, because their qualities are apprehended.
227.4
niḥśvāsocchvāsopalabdheś cāturbhautikam ||
[Objection:] And it is composed of four elements, because expiration and inspiration are apprehended.
227.5
gandhakledapākavyūhāvakāśadānebhyaḥ pāñcabhautikam ||
[Objection:] It is composed of five elements, because of smell, moisture, digestion, movement, and the provision of space.
227.6
ta ime sandigdhā hetava ity upekṣitavān sūtrakāraḥ/ kathaṃ sandigdhāḥ? sati ca prakṛtibhāve bhūtānāṃ dharmopalabdhir asati ca saṃyogāpratiṣedhāt sannihitānām iti, yathā sthālyām udakatejovāyvākāśānām iti/ tad idam anekabhūtaprakṛti śarīram agandham arasam arūpam asparśaṃ ca prakṛtyanuvidhānāt syāt,
The author of the sūtras neglected these, regarding them as doubtful reasons. How are they doubtful? Because apprehension of the properties of the elements occurs both when there is the state of being a primordial matter and when there is not, due to the non-exclusion of contact with those [elements] that are in proximity, as in the case of water, fire, wind, and ether in a cooking pot. Therefore, this body, having multiple elements as primordial matter, would lack smell, lack taste, lack color, and lack touch, because it conforms to its primordial matter;
227.7
na tv idam itthambhūtam/ tasmāt ``pārthivaṃ guṇāntaropalabdheḥ''//28-29-30//
yet this [body] is not of such a nature. Therefore: "[The body is] made of earth, because of the apprehension of other qualities." [NyS 3.1.28–30]
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyālaṃkāra — Abhayatilaka, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit