Nyāya Sūtras 71
Nyāyabhāṣya 71
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71.2
asya sāmānyavacanasyārthavibhāgaḥ ---
The detailed differentiation of the meaning of this general statement is as follows:
71.3
pūrvaṃ hi pramāṇasiddhau nendriyārthasannikarṣāt pratyakṣotpattiḥ ||
Nyāyasūtra 2.1.9: If the means of valid cognition is established beforehand, perception would not arise from the contact of sense organ and object.
71.4
gandhādiviṣayaṃ jñānaṃ pratyakṣam, tad yadi pūrvam, paścād gandhādīnāṃ siddhiḥ, nedaṃ gandhādisannikarṣād utpadyata iti//
Cognition having odor and the like as its object is perception. If that is prior, and the establishment of odor and the rest is posterior, this [perception] would not arise from contact with odor and the like.
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- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit