Prasangasama, Prasaṅgasama, Prasanga-sama: 4 definitions
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Prasangasama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrasaṅgasama (प्रसङ्गसम).—(in nyāya) the sophism that the proof too must be proved.
Derivable forms: prasaṅgasamaḥ (प्रसङ्गसमः).
Prasaṅgasama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prasaṅga and sama (सम).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrasaṅgasama (प्रसङ्गसम):—[=pra-saṅga-sama] [from pra-saṅga > pra-sañj] m. (in Nyāya) the sophism that the proof too must be proved, [Nyāyasūtra; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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