[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) › 3.17 # Dvadasharanayacakra 3.17 Nyāyāgamānusāriṇī 3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.17) abhyupetyāpi puruṣasvātmatvamavasthānāṃ catasṛṇāṃ puruṣāsattvadoṣaṃ brūmaḥ --yadyapi cetyādi . yadyapi ca puruṣasvātmaiva catasro'pyavasthāstathāpi na tarhi nā, nedānīṃ puruṣo'sti, anavasthatvāt, nāsyāvasthāḥ santītyanavasthaḥ, tadbhāvo'navasthatvam, tasmādanavasthatvādavasthāsvarūpavyatiriktatvāt tacchūnyatvāt khapuṣpavat . athavā nāvasthā'navasthā, puruṣo'vasthā na bhavati, yo'vasthā na bhavati sa nāsti yathā khapuṣpam, avasthāśca tvayābhyupagatāścaturavasthāvarṇanānekātmakasarvagatatvabhāvanaikaikāvasthābhedābhedāpattyātmakā- vikalparūpābhyupagamāt tato'nyasya khapuṣpasthānīyatvāt . prāgavasthānāmeva sattvamabhyupagamya anavasthātve'caturātmakatvāt ityuktam, adhunā tu puruṣamevābhyupagamyānavasthātmakaṃ paraparikalpitameṣa doṣa ukta pagame'pi nuḥ avasthānāṃ catasṛṇāmapyaikyaṃ syāt puruṣasvātmatvāt puruṣavaditi . sarvatvasambhāvyābhāvāt sarvāvyāpitā puruṣasya . vinidrāvasthaiva hi jāgradavasthā vinidrāvasthāsvātmatvād vinidrāvasthāvat, evamitare api . jāgradavasthaiva vinidrāvasthā jāgradavasthāsvātmatvājjāgradavasthāvat, evamitare api . suptāvasthaiva vinidrāvasthā suptāvasthāsvātmatvāt suptāvasthāvat, evamitare api . suṣuptāvasthaiva vinidrāvasthā suṣuptāvasthāsvātmatvāt suṣuptāvasthāvat, evamitare api . yaivānyāvasthā saivānyāpi iti vyākhyayorbheda ityasan puruṣo'navasthatvāt khapuṣpavat . anavasthasya tasya abhyupagame'pi nuḥ puruṣasya avasthānāṃ catasṛṇāmapyaikyaṃ syāt . kutaḥ ? puruṣasvātmatvāt, tvayā hyuktaṃ puruṣasvātmaivāvasthā nānyāḥ ityatastāsāmaikyaṃ tatsvātmatvāt puruṣavat, yathā hi puruṣasvātmatvāt puruṣa eka eva tathā tā apyavasthāstatsvātmatvādekamiti catuṣṭvābhāvāt catasro'vasthāḥ iti bahuvacanānupapattiḥ . tataścaikatvāt sarvatvena sarvathā sambhāvyo na bhavati puruṣaḥ, sṛ gatau pā॰ dhā॰ 935, 1095 iti sarvatvasyānekāśrayatvāt puruṣa eva sarvam iti yadāśrayāducyate tat sarvaṃ kimāśrayaṃ yaduktvā sarvaṃ puruṣasya sarvavyāpitā varṇyate ? tata āha --sarvatvasambhāvyābhāvāt sarvāvyāpitā puruṣasya prāptā vyācikhyāsitasarvavyāpitvavirodhinī . - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.18) - [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.292) — Mallavādin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.17) · Pramāṇa