Nyaya Sutras · Chapter 5.2

pratijñāhāniḥ pratijñāntaraṃ pratijñāvirodhaḥ pratijñāsannyāso hetvantaram arthāntaraṃ nirarthakam avijñātārtham apārthakam aprāpta kālaṃ nyūnam adhikaṃ punaruktam ananubhāṣaṇam ajñānam apratibhā vikṣepo matānujñā paryanuyojyopekṣaṇaṃ niranuyojyānuyogo 'pasiddhānto hetvā bhāsāśca nigrahasthānāni
{nigrahasthāna-uddeśa-sūtram}
[nigrahasthānapañcakaprakaraṇam(2-6)]

pratidṛṣṭāntadharmābhyanujñā svadṛṣṭānte pratijñāhāniḥ
{pratijñāhāniḥ lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

pratijñātārthapratiṣedhadharmavikalpāt tadarthanirdeśaḥ pratijñāntara.
{pratijñāntara-lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

pratijñāhetvorvirodhaḥ pratijñāvirodhaḥ
{pratijñāvirodhaḥ lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

pakṣapratiṣedhe pratijñātārthāpanayanaṃ pratijñāsannyāsaḥ
{pratijñāsannyāsaḥ lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

aviśeṣokte hetau pratiṣiddhe viśeṣamicchato hetvantaram
{hetvantaram lakṣaṇa-sūtram}
[nigrahasthānacatuṣkaprakaraṇam(7-10)]

prakṛtādarthādapratisambddhārthamarthāntaram
{arthāntaram lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

varṇakramanirdeśavannirarthakam
{nirarthakam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

pariṣatprativādibhyāṃ trirabhihitamapyavijñātamavijñātārtham
{avijñātārtham lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

paurvāparyāyogādapratisambaddhārthamapārthakam
{apārthakam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}
[nigrahasthānatrikaprakaraṇam(11-13)]

avayavaviparyāsavacanamaprāptakālam
{aprāptakālam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

hīnamanyatamenāpyavayavena nyūnam
{nyūnam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

hetūdāharaṇādhikam adhikam
{adhikam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}
[punaruktinigrahasthānaprakaraṇam(14-16)]

śabdārthayoḥ punarvacanaṃ punaruktam anyatra anuvādāt
{punaruktam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

anuvāde tu apunaruktaṃ śabdābhyāsāt arthaviśeṣopapatteḥ
{punaruktam lakṣaṇāpavādasūtram}

arthāt āpannasya svaśabdena punarvacanam
{punaruktam lakṣaṇāpavādasūtram}
[uttaravirodhinigrahasthānacatuṣkaprakaraṇam(17-20)]

vijñātasya pariṣadā triḥ abhihitasya api apratyuccāraṇam ananubhāṣaṇam
{ananubhāṣaṇam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

avijñātam ca ajñānam
{ajñānam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

uttarasya apratipattiḥ apratibhā
{apratibhā lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

kāryavyāsaṅgāt kathāvicchedaḥ vikṣepaḥ
{vikṣepaḥ lakṣaṇa-sūtram}
[matānujñādinigrahasthānatrikaprakaraṇam(21-23)]

svapakṣe doṣābhyupagamāt parapakṣe doṣaprasaṅgaḥ matānujñā
{matānujñā lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

nigrahasthānaprāptasya anigrahaḥ paryanuyojyopekṣaṇam
{paryanuyojyopekṣaṇam lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

anigrahasthāne nigrahasthānābhiyogaḥ niranuyojyānuyogaḥ
{niranuyojyānuyoga lakṣaṇa-sūtram}
[kathakānyoktinirūpyanigrahasthānadvayaprakaraṇam(24-25)]

siddhāntam abhyupetya aniyamāt kathāprasaṅgaḥ apasiddhāntaḥ
{apasiddhānta lakṣaṇa-sūtram}

hetvābhāsāḥ ca yathoktāḥ
{hetvābhāsa nirūpaṇam}
(iti nyāyasūtre pañcamādhyāyasya dvitīyam āhnikam)
(samāptaścāyam pañcamādhyāyaḥ)
nyāyadarśanaṃ samāptam