Vātsyāyana

sandadhe’straṁ sva-dhanuṣi kāmaḥ pañca-mukhaṁ tadā

sandadhe’straṁ sva-dhanuṣi kāmaḥ pañca-mukhaṁ tadā |
madhur mano rajas-toka indra-bhṛtyā vyakampayan ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 12.8.25)

“Then, Kāma fixed a five-headed weapon [i.e., arrow] on his bow, and Spring, Greed [lit., ‘the son of Rajas’], and [other] servants of Indra tried to agitate the mind [of Mārkaṇḍeya].”

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pradīpaḥ sarva-vidyānām upāyaḥ sarva-karmaṇām

pradīpaḥ sarva-vidyānām upāyaḥ sarva-karmaṇām |
āśrayaḥ sarva-dharmānāṁ vidyoddeśe prakīrtitā ||
(Vātsyāyana’s Nyāya-bhāṣya on Gautama’s Nyāya-sūtra: 1.1.1)

“Ānvīkṣikī [i.e., logic (nyāya)] is stated in the enumeration of sciences [i.e., fields of knowledge] to be the lamp of all sciences (vidyās), the means for [accomplishing] all karmas, and the basis of all dharmas.”

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