[226] But the Nyáya holds that the attributes of the soul, as happiness, desire, aversion, &c., are perceived by the internal sense, mind (Bháshá P. § 83).
[227] The reading múrtapratibandhát is difficult, but I believe that pratibandha means here vyápti, as it does in Sánkhya Sútras, i. 100.
[228] The true summum bonum must be niratiśaya,—incapable of being added to.
[229] Yogyánupalabdhi is when an object is not seen, and yet all the usual concurrent causes of vision are present, as the eye, light, &c.
[230] Alluding to the Vedic phrase, "grávánaḥ plavanti," see Uttara Naishadha, xvii. 37. The phrase aśmánaḥ plavanti occurs in Shaḍv. Br. 5, 12.
[231] Or perhaps "capable of being surpassed."
[232] Since the Supreme Being is a single instance.
[233] Since the Veda, if non-eternal, must [to be authoritative] have been created by God, and yet it is brought forward to reveal the existence of God.
[234] The Nyáya holds presumption to be included under inference, and comparison is declared to be the ascertaining the relation of a name to the thing named.
[235] Since ether is connected by contact with the parts of everything, as e.g., a jar.