Nyāya Sūtras 237
Nyāyabhāṣya 237
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237.2
upapadyate ca anupalabdhiḥ kāraṇabhedāt ---
And non-apprehension is explained by a difference of causes—
237.3
madhyandinolkāprakāśānupalabdhivat tadanupalabdhiḥ ||
[Sūtra 40:] Its non-apprehension is like the non-apprehension of the light of a meteor at midday.
237.4
yathā ``anekadravyeṇa samavāyād rūpaviśeṣāc copalabdhir'' iti saty upalabdhikāraṇe madhyandinolkāprakāśo nopakabhyate ādityaprakāśenābhibhūtaḥ, evaṃ mahadanekadravyavattvād rūpaviśeṣāc copalabhir iti saty upalabdhikāraṇe cākṣuṣo raśmir nopalabhyate nimittāntarataḥ// tac ca vyākhyātam anudbhūtarūpasparśasya dravyasya pratyakṣato 'nupalabdhir iti//40//
Just as according to the principle that 'Apprehension [arises] from inherence in a composite substance and from a specific color,' although the cause of apprehension is present, the light of a meteor at midday is not apprehended because it is overpowered by the sun's light; so too, although the cause of apprehension—inherence in a large, composite substance and a specific color—is present, the visual ray is not apprehended due to another cause. And that has already been explained: namely, the non-apprehension through perception of a substance whose color and touch are unmanifest.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit