[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Jain Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina) › [Post-canonical works (philosophy, yoga, karma theory, narrative, poetry, history)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post) › [Dvādaśāranayacakra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra) › [Nyayagamanusarini](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri) › 5.16 # Dvadasharanayacakra 5.16 Nyāyāgamānusāriṇī 5.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.5.16) ataḥ paramaliṅgasaṅkhyatvaprasādhanāyottaro granthaḥ sādhu bhavatītyādiryāvad bhavatsu yāḥ saṅkhyāstā na bhavantīti . ekasmin dvayorbahuṣu vā devadattādibhavitṛṣu liṅgasaṅkhyābhedavatsu yat triliṅgaṃ saṅkhyāścaikatvādyāstā na bhavanti bhavane napuṃsakaliṅgamekavacanameva cānumīyate tadviśeṣaṇe sādhuśabde śrūyate ca sādhu bhavantaṃ paśya ityādi kārakādivyatireke'pi . tasmādanyad bhavanaṃ bhavadbhyo devadattādibhyaḥ svarūpataḥ satyapi vastutvaikatve . syānmatam--kimarthaṃ napuṃsakaliṅgaṃ prathamaikavacanaṃ ca ? ityatrocyate --pratyayaparaprakṛtivyavasthayā tu prathamaikavacane, kiṃ kāraṇam ? atikramakāraṇābhāvāt . avaśyaṃ ca pratyayaparā prakṛtiḥ prayoktavyā, prātipadikārthaliṅgaparimāṇavacanamātre prathamā pā॰ 2 . 2 . 46 iti sattāmātre'pi prathamāvidhānāt tato'tiriktārthāsambhavāt prathamātilaṅghane phalābhāvāt vacanasya ca nāntarīyakatvāt sattāmātrārthakāraṇatvāt kāraṇāntarābhāvāt, kāraṇāddhi tadatikramaḥ syāt . napuṃsakaṃ ca bhavanasyāvyaktatvāt, avyakte guṇasandehe napuṃsakaliṅgaṃ prayoktavyamiti . kiṃ tathā loke dṛṣṭamiti cet, ucyate --kimapi dṛśyate iti, yathā hastyaśvanarādisamūhaṃ dṛṣṭvā vaktāro bhavanti--kimapi dṛśyate, itiḥ pradarśane, etadeva vākyamudāharaṇatvena pradarśayati . - [Previous: 5.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.5.15.4) - [Next: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.5.17) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dvādaśāranayacakra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra.437) — Mallavādin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.5.16) · Pramāṇa