Nyāya Sūtras 9
Nyāyabhāṣya 9
- Language
- Sanskrit
9.3
sa dvividho dṛṣṭādṛṣ.ārthatvāt ||
It is twofold, because of having seen and unseen objects.
9.4
yasyeha dṛśyate 'rthaḥ sa dṛṣṭārthaḥ/ yasyāmutra pratīyate so 'dṛṣṭārthaḥ/ evam ṛṣilaukikavākyānāṃ vibhāga iti/ kimarthaṃ punar idam ucyate? sa na manyeta dṛṣṭārtha evāptopadeśaḥ pramāṇam, arthasyāvadhāraṇād iti, adṛṣṭārtho 'pi pramāṇam arthasyānumānād iti//8//
That whose object is seen in this world has a seen object; that whose object is understood in the next world has an unseen object. Such is the division between the statements of seers and ordinary people. For what purpose, again, is this stated? One should not think that only the instruction of an authoritative person concerning a seen object is a means of valid cognition, because the object is ascertained [empirically]; even concerning an unseen object it is a means of valid cognition, because the object is inferred. ||8
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit