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# Vakyapadiya 2.189

Vākyapadīya 2.189

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya.2.189)

sthādibhiḥ kevalair yac ca gamanādi na gamyate  
tatrānumānād dvividhāt taddharmā prādir ucyate //

> And since departure and the like are not understood from sthā and so forth alone,  
> there, from twofold inference, pra and the like are said to possess that quality.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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