Tanma-viceta-viparitacatanam, Taṉmavicēṭaviparītacātaṉam, Tanmavicetaviparitacatanam, Tanma-viceta-viparita-catanam, Tanmaviceta-viparita-catanam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Taṉmavicēṭaviparītacātaṉam (தன்மவிசேடவிபரீதசாதனம்) [taṉma-vicēṭa-viparīta-cātaṉam] noun < dharma +. (Logic.) A fallacious middle term which fails to denote the particular quality of the minor term so as to make it appear to belong to a species of wider denotation, one of four virutta-v-ētu-p-pōli, q. v.; விருத்தவேதுப்போலி நான்கனுள் கூறப் பட்ட ஏது, பக்கத்தின் விசேடத்தன்மையைக் குறிக்காது அதனை வியாபகப்பொருளென்று தவறி நினைக்குமாறு செய்வது. [viruthavethuppoli nankanul kurap patta ethu, pakkathin visedathanmaiyaig kurikkathu athanai viyapagapporulenru thavari ninaikkumaru seyvathu.] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 29, 277.)

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