Nyāya Sūtras 96
Nyāyabhāṣya 96
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- Sanskrit
96.3
sarvāgrahaṇam avayavyasiddheḥ ||
[There would be] non-apprehension of everything, because the composite whole is not established.
96.4
yady avayavī nāsti sarvasya grahaṇaṃ nopapadyate/ kiṃ tat sarvam? dravyaguṇakarmasāmānyaviśeṣasamavāyāḥ/ kathaṃ kṛtvā? paramāṇusamavasthānaṃ tāvad darśanaviṣayo na bhavaty atīndriyatvād aṇūnām, dravyāntarañ cāvayavibhūtaṃ darśanaviṣayo nāsti, darśanaviṣayasthāś ceme dravyādayo gṛhante te niradhiṣṭhānā na gṛhyeran/ gṛhyante tu kumbho 'yaṃ śyāma eko mahān saṃyuktaḥ spandate asti mṛnmayaś ceti, santi ceme guṇādayo dharmā iti/ tena sarvasya grahaṇāt paśyāmo 'sti dravyāntarabhūto .vayavīti//34//
If there is no composite whole, apprehension of everything is not possible. What is that 'everything'? Substance, quality, action, universal, particularity, and inherence. How so? First, an aggregation of atoms does not become an object of sight, because atoms are beyond the senses; nor is a distinct substance constituted as a composite whole an object of sight; and these [categories] beginning with substance, resting upon an object of sight, are apprehended—if they were without a substratum, they would not be apprehended. But they are apprehended: 'This jar is dark, one, large, conjoined, moves, exists, and is made of clay'; and these properties beginning with quality do exist. Therefore, because of the apprehension of everything, we see that there exists a composite whole constituted as a distinct substance. //34
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Commentaries (2)
- Nyāyavārtikatātparyaṭīkā — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
- Nyāyavārttika — Uddyotakara, Sanskrit
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- Nyāyasūtra — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit