[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [The four Anuyogas ("expositions")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga) › [Ontology, epistemology and logic](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil) › [Logic and epistemology (pramāṇa, naya, syādvāda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya) › [Means of knowledge](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana) › [Pramananirnaya (Vadiraja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananirnaya) › 14.11-2 # Pramananirnaya (Vadiraja) 14.11-2 Pramāṇanirṇaya (Vādirāja) 14.11-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananirnaya.14.11-2) \] iti | tanna sāṃsargikādapi caitanyāttasya tadarthaṃ pravartanamupapannam, sati tasmin sarvadā vivekasyaiva darśanenāvivekavibhramasthāprasaṅgāt , anyathā paścādapi taddarśanābhāvasya niveditatvāt | bhavatu acetanasyaiva tasya tadarthaṃ pravarttanaṃ vatsavṛddhinimittaṃ kṣīrasyeva | taduktam“vatsavidṛddhinimittaṃ kṣīrasya yathā pravṛttirajñasya puruṣavimokṣanimittaṃ tathā pravṛttiḥ pradhānasya ||” \[ sāṃkhyakā0 57 \] iti cet; tanna sāram; tatpravartanena cetanādhiṣṭhānasādhanasya pūrvoktasya virodhāt | tadayaṃ tadadhiṣṭhatasyaiva pravṛttimabhidhāya punaranyathā'pi tāṃ bruvāṇo vismaraṇaśīla eveśvarakṛṣṇa iti suniścitaṃ naścetaḥ | tanna tadarthasya pravarttanasyāpi tatra liṅgatvamiti na subhāṣitametat“saṅghātaparārthatvāt triguṇādiviparyayādadhiṣṭhānāt puruṣo'sti bhoktṛbhāvāt kaivalyārthaṃ pravṛtteśca ||” \[ sāṃkhyakā0 17 \] iti tannānumānaṃ puruṣe pramāṇam nāpi- “mahataḥ paramavyaktamavyaktāt puruṣaḥ paraḥ puruṣātnāparaṃ kiñcit sā kāṣṭhā sā parā gatiḥ ||” \[ kaṭho0 3 - [Previous: 14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananirnaya.14.28) - [Next: 14.9-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananirnaya.14.9-2) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananirnaya.14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāyamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayamanjari.2.4.169) — Jayanta Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananirnaya.14.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananirnaya.14.11-2) · Pramāṇa