Nyāya Sūtras 258

Nyāyabhāṣya 258

Language: Sanskrit

258.2

kathaṃ punar jñāyate bhūtaprakṛtīnīndriyāṇi nāvyaktaprakṛtīnīti?

How, then, is it known that the sense organs have the elements as their material causes, and do not have the unmanifest as their material cause?
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258.3

bhūtaguṇaviśeṣopalabdhes tādātmyam ||

[Their] having that nature follows from the apprehension of specific qualities of the elements.
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dṛṣṭo hi vāyvādīnāṃ bhūtānāṃ guṇaviśeṣābhivyaktiniyamaḥ/ vāyuḥ sparśavyañjakaḥ, āpo rasavyañjikāḥ, tejo rūpavyañjakam, pārthivaṃ kiñcid dravyaṃ kasyacid dravyasya gandhavyañjakam/ asti cāyam indriyāṇāṃ bhūtaguṇaviśeṣopalabdhiniyamaḥ tena bhūtaguṇaviśeṣopalabdher manyāmahe bhūtaprakṛtīnīndriyāṇi nāvyaktaprakṛtīnīti//61//

For a restriction is observed in the manifestation of specific qualities by the elements beginning with wind: wind manifests touch; water manifests taste; fire manifests color; some earthy substance manifests the smell of some substance. And this restriction in the apprehension of specific qualities of the elements exists for the sense organs; by that apprehension of specific qualities of the elements we consider that the sense organs have the elements as their material cause, not the unmanifest.
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Commentaries (2)

Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit

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Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit