Nyāya Sūtras 331
Nyāyabhāṣya 331
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331.2
atra nāstika āha ---
On this point, the materialist says:
331.3
bhūtebhyo mūrtyupādānavat tadupādānam ||
Its acquisition is like the acquisition of material forms from the elements.
331.4
yathā karmanirapekṣebhyo bhūtebhyo nirvṛttā mūrtayaḥ sikatāśarkarāpāṣāṇagairikāñjanaprabhṛtayaḥ puruṣārthakāritvād upādīyante tathā karmanirapekṣebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ śarīram utpannaṃ puruṣārthakāritvād upādīyate iti//61//
Just as material forms produced from elements independent of karma—such as sand, gravel, stones, red chalk, and collyrium—are acquired because they carry out a person's aims, so too the body produced from elements independent of karma is acquired because it carries out a person's aims. ||61
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit