[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Logic and epistemology](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya) › [Manuals and primers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana) › [Tarkikaraksha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa) › 2.13 # Tarkikaraksha 2.13 Tārkikarakṣā 2.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa.2.13) dṛṣṭāntahetupakṣāṇāṃ siddhānāmapi sādhyavat sādhyatāpādanaṃ tasmālliṅgāt sādhyasamo bhavet 13 meva nyāyo dṛṣṭāntadharmiṇi tadvartini ca hetau darśayitavyaḥ | tataśca pakṣahetudṛṣṭāntānāmapi siddhyarthamayameva heturyāvanna prayujyate tāvat teṣāmasiddhirbhavediti sādhyavikalatvāsiddhatvādaya āropyanta ityasya pratiṣedhahetāvapi durvāratvāt svavyāghātaḥ | ayuktāṅgasvīkāraśca pakṣādīnāṃ tata eva liṅgāt siddherayuktāyā evābhyupagamāt utkarṣasamādīnāṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ lakṣaṇasūtram sādhyadṛṣṭāntayordharmavikalpādubhayasādhyatvāccotkarṣāpakarṣavarṇyāvarṇyavikalpasādhyasamāḥ | atrotkarṣādisamākhyānirvacanamevāsāṃ lakṣaṇam | sādhyadṛṣṭāntayordharmavikalpaḥ ṣaṇṇāṃ kāraṇam sādhyaḥ pakṣaḥ dharmāṇām vikalpo nānātvaṃ vaicitryaṃ tacca tatratatra darśitameva ntaḥ | siddhena cātideśo bhavatyasiddhasyeti nyāyāt siddho dṛṣṭāntaḥ | pakṣastu sādhyo'ṅgīkāryaḥ ubhayorapi siddhatve sādhyatve vā dṛṣṭāntadārṣṭāntikabhāvavyāghāta iti - [Previous: 2.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa.2.12-2) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa.2.14) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa.2) ## Linked texts (4) - [Nyāyamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.8.39) — Jayanta Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Text of the Tokyo Indology Student Team](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra!vatsyayana*tokyo.465.3) — Sanskrit - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra.5.1.4) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit - [Nyāyasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.nyayasara.2.p46) — Bhāsarvajña, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.prakarana.tarkikaraksa.2.13) · Pramāṇa