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तृतीयः समुद्देशः।
CHAPTER III.
परोक्षमितरत् ॥१॥ 1. Parokşamitarat. 1. The other variety of Pramāna is Paroksa.
Commentary In Chapter I Pramāṇa has been defined. In Chapter II, aphorism I it has been mentioned that Pramāņa -is of two kinds (Pratyakșa and Parokşa ). Pratyakşa Pramāṇa with its subdivisions has been described in detail in Chapter II. In the third chapter, the author proceeds to describe Paroksa Pramāṇa with its varieties.
Parokşa Pramāṇa is knowledge which is not clear.'. What is meant by clearness has been explained in Aphorism II. 4 of Parikṣā-mukham. The knowledge in which the illumination is not clear according to this exposition is Parokşa”.
In Saddarśana-samuchchaya, the derivation of Parokşa has thus been given : "अक्षाणां परं परोक्षं, अक्षेभ्यः परतो वर्तत इति वा, परेणेन्द्रियादिना वोक्ष्यते परोक्षम्"।
In Nyāyāvatāra, Pratyakșa and Parokșa have thus been defined:
1. "अस्पष्टं परोक्षम् ।" Pramana-naya-tattvalokālankāra III. I.
"स्वपरव्यवसायज्ञानं यदस्पष्टमुक्तलक्षणात् स्पष्टाद्विपरीतमविशदं तत् परोक्षमित्यवगन्तव्यम् ।" Syadvadaratnākara, Chapter III. I.
"अविशदः परोक्षम् ।” Pramāna-mimamsa, I. 2. I. "अविशदः सम्यगर्थनिर्णयः परोक्षप्रमाणम् ।” Bhasya to Ibid. "अविशदप्रतिभासं परोक्षम् ।” Nyaya-dipika. 2. “यस्य ज्ञानस्य प्रतिभासो विशदो न भवति तत् परोक्षप्रमाणम् ।”
Nyāya-dipikā.
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