Nyāya Sūtras 97.4

97.4

avayavy arthāntarabhūta iti/
saṅgrahakārite vai dhāraṇākarṣaṇe/ saṃgraho nāma saṃyogasahacaritaṃ guṇāntaraṃ snehadravatvakāritam, apāṃ saṃyogād āme kumbhe, agnisaṃyogāt pakve/ yadi tv avayavikārite abhaviṣyatāṃ pāṃśurāśiprabhṛtiśv apy ajñāsyetām/ dravyāntarānutpattau ca tṛṇopalakāṣṭhādiṣu jatusaṃgṛhīteṣv api nābhāviṣyatām iti/

[The composite whole] is a distinct entity. [Opponent:] Holding and pulling are indeed produced by adhesion. Adhesion is another quality accompanying contact, produced by viscidity and liquidity—due to contact with water in an unbaked jar, and due to contact with fire in a baked one. If, however, they were produced by a composite whole, they would be perceived even in a heap of dust and the like; and if no distinct substance were produced, they would not occur even in grass, stones, wood, and the like, held together by lac.