Saptabhanginaya, Saptabhaṅgīnaya: 3 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Saptabhaṅgīnaya (सप्तभङ्गीनय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[nyāya] Rādh. 15.

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

1) Saptabhaṅginaya (सप्तभङ्गिनय):—[=sapta-bhaṅgi-naya] [from sapta-bhaṅgan > sapta > saptan] m. (with Jainas) the method of the 7 formulas of sceptical reasoning (each beginning with the word syāt, ‘perhaps’ cf. bhaṅga), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

2) Saptabhaṅgīnaya (सप्तभङ्गीनय):—[=sapta-bhaṅgī-naya] [from sapta > saptan] m. = gi-naya, [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]

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Saptabhanginaya 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.

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