anupasaṃhārin

Dictionary meanings for anupasaṃhārin from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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anupasaṃhārin

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. A kind of hetvābhāsa or fallacy in Nyāya, a sub- division of the anaikāṃtikahetvābhāsa; vastumātrapakṣako'nupasaṃhārī that is, that which includes every known thing in the pakṣa and thus prevents the corroboration of a general rule of causation by illustrations, positive or negative; as sarvaṃ nityaṃ prameyatvāt; atra sarvasyaiva pakṣatvāt prameyatvaṃ heturanupasaṃhārī anvaye vyatireke vā dṛṣṭāṃtābhāvāt.

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