The Sanskrit terms Saṃśayasama and Saṃśayasamā can be transliterated into English as Samsayasama or Samshayasama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

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

1) Saṃśayasama (संशयसम) refers to “balancing the doubt” or “false assumption” and represents one of the various types of Hetvābhāsa (“fallacy”) (within a debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.—Hetvābhāsa (‘the fallacies’) signify reasons which are derived form an imperfect perception, inference, or comparison, or which deviate from the scripture. [...] Balancing the doubt or false assumption (saṃśayasama), e.g., “there is doubt as to a certain tall object being a post or a man, and yet if we proceed to act on the assumption that is a man, we commit the fallacy of false assumption.”

2) Saṃśayasamā (संशयसमा) or simply Saṃśaya refers to “balancing the doubt” and represents one of the various kinds of Jāti (“analogue” or “far-fetched analogy”) (in debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Saṃśayasama (संशयसम):—[=saṃ-śaya-sama] [from saṃ-śaya > saṃ-śī] m. (in Nyāya) one of the 24 Jātis or self-confuting replies, [Nyāyasūtra; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha] (cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 64])

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Samshayasama 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: Samshaya, Cama, Sama.

Starts with: Samshayasamaprakarana.

Full-text: Samshaya, Jati, Hetvabhasa.

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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)

Dialectical terms (23): Fallacies of reason (ahetu) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]

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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)

Part 13 - Logical Speculations and Terms relating to Academic Dispute < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

Chapter 8 - The Treatment of Disease (roga-bhishaj-jiti-vimana) < [Vimanasthana (Vimana Sthana) — Section on Measure]

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