[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) › 3.23 # Dvadasharanayacakra 3.23 Nyāyāgamānusāriṇī 3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.23) idānīmavasthānyatvadvāreṇaiva puruṣānekatvaṃ tvaduktavad brūmaḥ --avasthāstu anyatvānekatva eva puruṣa ityetat pratyātya ?bhedopanyāsavākyam, tadvacanasmāraṇena vicārārthopanyāsa ityarthaḥ . avasthāstu puruṣo'nyatvānekatve sati eva, yato'vasthāsvātmatvaṃ puruṣasyeṣyate tatastāsāmanyatvenānekaḥ anyo'nekaśceti vā . tat kathamiti cet, tvadukterevāvaśyamanyāstāḥ puruṣādanyā vinidrādyavasthāḥ tābhyaśca so'nya iti parasparāvadhikamanyatvaṃ sādhyate . tadrūpāpattyaniṣṭatvāditi hetuḥ, tayoścāvasthāvasthāvatostadrūpāpattyaniṣṭatvaṃ siddham, anyathāvasthānāṃ viśeṣitānāmanyatve sādhye puruṣapṛthaktvena tadasiddherāśrayāsiddhistadrūpāpattyaniṣṭatvaṃ vā'siddhamāśaṅkyeta . athavā puruṣo'vasthā iti cāviśeṣya parābhimataṃ vastūbhayamapi parasparato'nyaditi sāmānyena sādhyate itarasyetararūpāpattyā aniṣṭatvādityarthaḥ, avadhāraṇabhedāccetararūpāpattyaniṣṭatvamāpāditam . kimiva ? avasthāntaravat, yathā vinidrāvasthā suptāvasthārūpāpattyā neṣṭā tathā svato'nyāśceti . tadrūpāpattyaniṣṭatvāsiddhiḥ iti mā maṃsthā ityata āha --yato'vasthāsvātmatvamasya neṣyate puruṣasya, etadavasthārūpāpattyā puruṣāniṣṭatvādavasthādvāreṇa puruṣasya avasthānāṃ cānyatvānekatvaṃ tvaduktau caivamupapāditam . - [Previous: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.22) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.24) - [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.3.4) — Mallavādin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.naya.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.3.23) · Pramāṇa