[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) › 8.26 # Dvadasharanayacakra 8.26 Nyāyāgamānusāriṇī 8.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.8.26) atrottaramubhayaniyamabhaṅgāraḥ śabdanayo vakṣyatyataḥ --asyāpi niyama ityādi . eṣo'pi nāmadravyārthabhāvo niyataḥ upasarjanatveneṣyate na prādhānyena, prādhānyena tu viśeṣo niyata ityuktaḥ . na brūmaḥ-- śabdo nimittamātravyāpṛto jñānopakārī nāsti iti . jñānasyaiva pradhānasyopakārakatvena vartate jñānenaiva cotthāpyate, arthapratyāyanārthatvācchabdaprayogasya . tasmādarthārthatvācchabdaprayogasyārthaḥ pradhānaṃ na śabdaḥ, tasyāśabdārthatvāt . arthasyāpi jñānotpattinimittatvād jñānameva pradhānam . na ca jñāna-śabdayoraikyam, pratyakṣapratītivirodhābhyām . yasmāt pratyakṣameva na nāmnaḥ śabdācchrotrābhighātakārād ghaṭādi bhavati, na śabdaḥ kāraṇaṃ ghaṭasya tato'nutpatteḥ . tatastu śabdācchrotrābhighāta evotpadyate, tasmācchabdaḥ śrotrābhighāte heturna ghaṭe na jñāne . - [Previous: 8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.8.25) - [Next: 8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.8.27) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dvādaśāranayacakra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra.650) — Mallavādin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.dvadasaranayacakra!simhasuri.8.26) · Pramāṇa