Nyāya Sūtras 253
Nyāyabhāṣya 253
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253.2
pratiṣedhāc ca nānātvasiddhau sthāpanāhetur apy upādīyate ---
And since multiplicity is established by refutation, the reason for positive proof is also adduced:
253.3
indriyārthapañcatvāt ||
NyS 3.1.56: Because the objects of the sense organs are fivefold.
253.4
arthaḥ prayojanam, tat pañcavidham indriyāṇām, sparśanenendriyeṇa sparśagrahaṇe sati na tenaiva rūpaṃ gṛhyata iti rūpagrahaṇaprayojanaṃ cakṣur anumīyate/
"Object" means purpose; that is fivefold for the sense organs. When touch is apprehended by the tactile sense organ, visual form is not apprehended by that very same [organ]; therefore the eye is inferred, having the apprehension of visual form as its purpose.
253.5
sparśarūpagrahaṇe ca tābhyām eva na gandho gṛhyata iti gandhagrahaṇaprayojanaṃ ghrāṇam anumīyate/ trayāṇāṃ grahaṇe na tair eva raso gṛhyata iti rasagrahaṇaprayojanaṃ rasanam anumīyate/ na ca caturṇāṃ grahaṇe tair eva śabdaḥ śrūyata iti śabdagrahaṇaprayojanaṃ śrotram anumīyate/ evam indriyaprayojanasyānitaretarasādhanasādhyatvāt pañcaivendriyāṇi//56//
And when touch and visual form are apprehended, odor is not apprehended by those two alone; therefore the olfactory organ is inferred, having the apprehension of odor as its purpose. When the three are apprehended, taste is not apprehended by those alone; therefore the gustatory organ is inferred, having the apprehension of taste as its purpose. And when the four are apprehended, sound is not heard by those alone; therefore the auditory organ is inferred, having the apprehension of sound as its purpose. Thus, because the purposes of the sense organs are to be accomplished by non-interchangeable instruments, the sense organs are precisely five.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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