Nyāya Sūtras 26
Nyāyabhāṣya 26
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- Sanskrit
26.3
laukikaparīkṣakāṇāṃ yasminn arthe buddhisāmyaṃ sa dṛṣṭānataḥ ||
An example is that object in which ordinary people and critical investigators have agreement of intellect.
26.4
lokasāmānyam anatītā laukikā naisargikaṃ vainayikaṃ buddhyatiśayam aprāptāḥ/ tadviparītāḥ parīkṣakāḥ/ tarkeṇa pramāṇair arthaṃ parīkṣitum arhantīti/ yathā yam arthaṃ laukikā budhyante tathā parīkṣakā api,
Ordinary people are those who do not transcend the common run of the world, who have not attained an extraordinary intellect, whether innate or acquired through discipline. Opposite to them are critical investigators, who are capable of investigating an object by means of hypothetical reasoning and the means of valid cognition. Just as ordinary people cognize an object, so also do critical investigators;
26.5
so 'rtho dṛṣṭāntaḥ/ dṛṣṭāntavirodhena hi pratipakṣāḥ pratiṣeddhavyā bhavantīti, dṛṣṭāntasamādhinā ca svapakṣāḥ sthāpanīyā bhavantīti, avayaveṣu codāharaṇāya kalpata iti//25//
that object is an example. For counter-theses must be refuted by showing contradiction with an example, and one's own theses must be proved by harmony with an example, and it serves as the illustration among the components of an inference. //25
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit