Adhyāya 1, Āhnika 2, Sūtra 20
404 kiṃ punar dṛṣṭāntavaj jātinigrahasthānayor abhedo 'tha siddhāntavad bheda ity ata āha —
tadvikalpāj jātinigrahasthānabahutvam // 1.2.20 //
tasya sādharmyavaidharmyābhyāṃ pratyavasthānasya vikalpāj jātibahutvam, tayoś ca vipratipattyapratipattyor vikalpān nigrahasthānabahutvam/ nānā kalpo vikalpaḥ, vividho vā kalpo vikalpaḥ/ tatra ananubhāṣaṇam ajñānam apratibhā vikṣepo matānujñā paryanuyojyopekṣaṇam ity apratipattir nigrasthānam/ śeṣas tu vipratipattir iti/
405 ime pramāṇādayaḥ padārthā uddiṣṭāḥ, yathoddeśaṃ lakṣitāḥ, yathālakṣaṇaṃ parīkṣiṣyanta iti trividhā cāsya śāstrasya pravṛttir veditavyeti//
iti vātsyāyanīye nyāyabhāṣye prathamādhyāyasya dvitīyam āhnikam/ samāptaś cāyaṃ prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ//
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