[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) › [Standpoints, nikṣepa, saptabhaṅgī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya) › [Dvādaśāranayacakra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra) › [Nyayagamanusarini](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri) › 3.14 # Dvadasharanayacakra 3.14 Nyāyāgamānusāriṇī 3.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.14) kiṃ vā pārśvaśarakṣepeṇa bhayajananānuvṛttyā ? tameva puruṣaṃ nirākurmahe, tadyathā --asanneva tvasau evamavasthānāmasattve, kutaḥ ? anavasthātvādavasthāto'nyatvādanavasthātmakatvādavasthātvābhāvāt puruṣo vandhyāputravat . syānmatam--rūpādyavasthā'nātmakasya ghaṭasya avasthāvato'stitvavat suptādyavasthā'nātmakasya suptādicaturavasthāvataḥ puruṣasyāstitvamiti, etaccāyuktam, anavasthātve sati acaturātmakatvāt . avasthācatuṣṭayābhāvādevānavasthātmanastaccāturātmyābhāvaḥ siddhaḥ . tasmādanaikāntikāśaṅkānivṛttyarthamāha --anavasthātve'caturātmakatvāditi . khapuṣpavaditi dṛṣṭānto gatārthaḥ . athavā kimanena prayāsena upapattyantaraistadasattvapratipādanena ? nanu tvaduktereva ca na sa lakṣyastvatparikalpitaḥ puruṣo nāsau lakṣyaḥ, alakṣaṇatvāt . alakṣyatvamiṣṭatvādasādhyamiti cet, lakṣyatvanirākṛterarthanirākaraṇārthatvād nārtha iti brūmaḥ, artho'pi aryate ityalakṣaṇatvācchabdābhidheyo jñānajñeyo vā neti vinidrāvasthā'vinidrāvasthā vā syād na sa puruṣastallakṣaṇastadubhayābhāvāt . nirvikalpatvādevārtho'pi naiveti cet, nirvikalpajñānavad vastutvamapi na bhavati ityetatpratipādanārthatvādidameva gṛhāṇa --avastveva tat tvadiṣṭaṃ tattvamalakṣaṇatvāt khapuṣpavat . - [Previous: 3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.13) - [Next: 3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.15) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dvādaśāranayacakra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra.290) — Mallavādin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.14) · Pramāṇa