The Sanskrit terms Pratidṛṣṭāntasama and Pratidṛṣṭāntasamā can be transliterated into English as Pratidrstantasama or Pratidrishtantasama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

Source: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)

Pratidṛṣṭāntasamā (प्रतिदृष्टान्तसमा) or simply Pratidṛṣṭānta refers to “balancing the counter-example” and represents one of the various kinds of Jāti (“analogue” or “far-fetched analogy”) (in debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratidṛṣṭāntasama (प्रतिदृष्टान्तसम):—[=prati-dṛṣṭānta-sama] [from prati-dṛṣṭānta > prati] m. an irrelevant objection by adducing a c° ex° which ignores the opponent’s example, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pratidrishtantasama in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pratidrishtanta, Cama, Sama.

Full-text: Pratidrishtanta, Jati.

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