Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.9

c8.s9.9

Udyotakara attempted to resolve the dilemma of commentators on the three aphorism of *Nyāyasūtra* (IV.1.19-21) as cited above by establishing God as the *nimitta kāraṇa* of the world. The crux of his reasoning lies in the necessity of accepting God as activator of atoms, without being activated, the atoms cannot combine to produce things.