Nyāya Sūtras 31
Nyāyabhāṣya 31
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- Sanskrit
31.2
yatsiddhāv anyaprakaraṇasiddhiḥ so 'dhikaraṇasiddhāntaḥ ||
An implied tenet is that upon whose establishment the establishment of another topic follows.
31.3
yasyārhtasya siddhāv anye 'rthā anuṣajyante, na tair vinā so 'rthaḥ sidhyati te 'rthā yadadhiṣṭhānāḥ so 'dhikaraṇasiddhāntaḥ,
Upon the establishment of which object other objects are entailed, and without which that object is not established, that upon which those objects rest is an implied tenet;
31.4
yathā dehendriyavyatirikto jñātā ``darśanasparśanābhyām ekārthagrahaṇād'' iti atrānuṣaṅgiṇo 'rthā indriyanānātvaṃ niyataviṣayāṇīndriyāṇi svaviṣayagrahaṇaliṅgāni jñātur jñānasādhanāni, gandhādiguṇavyatiriktaṃ dravyaṃ guṇādhikaraṇam aniyataviṣayāś cetanā iti pūrvārthasiddhāv ete 'rhāḥ sidhyanti na tair vinā so 'rthaḥ sambhavatīti//30//
as for instance, the knower is distinct from the body and the sense organs, “because of the apprehension of a single object through sight and touch.” Here the entailed objects are: the multiplicity of sense organs; sense organs have restricted objects; they have the apprehension of their own objects as their inferential mark; they are instruments of knowledge for the knower; substance, being the locus of qualities, is distinct from qualities like smell and the rest; and conscious beings have unrestricted objects. When the first object is established, these objects are established, for without them that object cannot hold. //30
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit