Nyāya Sūtras 90
Nyāyabhāṣya 90
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- Sanskrit
90.2
prādhānye ca hetvantaram ---
And there is another reason for [its] preeminence:
90.3
taiś cāpadeśo jñānaviśeṣāṇām ||
And by those [sense organs and objects] occurs the designation of specific cognitions.
90.4
tair indriyair arthaiś ca vyapadiśyante jñānaviśeṣāḥ/ katham? ghrāṇena jighrati, cakṣuṣā paśyati, rasanayā rasayatīti, ghrāṇavijñānaṃ cakṣurvijñānaṃ rasanāvijñānaṃ gandhavijñānaṃ rūpavijñānaṃ rasavijñānam iti ca/ indriyaviṣayaviśeṣāc ca pañcadhā buddhir bhavati/ ataḥ prādhānyam indriyārthasannikarṣasyeti//28//
Specific cognitions are designated by those sense organs and objects. How? “He smells with the nose,” “he sees with the eye,” “he tastes with the tongue”; and “olfactory cognition,” “visual cognition,” “gustatory cognition,” “cognition of smell,” “cognition of color,” and “cognition of taste.” And cognition becomes fivefold according to the distinction of the sense organs and objects. Therefore, contact between the sense organ and the object has preeminence. //28
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit