Hetujnana, Hetujñāna, Hetu-jnana: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)Hetujñāna (हेतुज्ञान) or Anumāna refers to the “knowledge of inference” (within a debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.—The first chapter [i.e., “an elucidation of debate (vāda-visadīkaraṇa)”] consists of eight sections which treat respectively of (1) an example (udāharaṇa), (2) a tenet, truth or conclusion (siddhānta), (3) the excellence of speech (vākyapraśaṃsā), (4) the defect of speech (vākya-doṣa), (5) the knowledge of inference (anumāna or hetujñāna), (6) the appropriate or opportune speech (samayocita-vākya), (7) the fallacy (hetvābhāsa) and (8) the adoption of a fallacious reason (duṣṭa-vākyānusaraṇa).
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Full-text: Hetu, Jnana, Anusarana, Anumana, Vakyaprashamsa, Dushta, Vakya, Vakyadosha, Samayocita, Hetvabhasa, Dosha, Prashamsa, Udaharana, Siddhanta.
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