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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upalabdhisama (उपलब्धिसम).—(in logic) A kind of sophistical refutation of an argument (e. g. the argument 'sound is uneternal because it is produced by some effort-' is refuted by saying that sound is also produced by wind); Nyāyadarśana.

Derivable forms: upalabdhisamaḥ (उपलब्धिसमः).

Upalabdhisama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upalabdhi and sama (सम).

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

Upalabdhisama (उपलब्धिसम):—[=upa-labdhi-sama] [from upa-labdhi > upa-labh] m. (in [logic]) a kind of sophistical refutation of an argument (e.g. the argument, ‘sound is uneternal because it is produced by some effort’, is refuted by saying that sound is also produced by wind), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Nyāya; Nyāyakośa]

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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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Partial matches: Upalabdhi, Cama, Sama.

Ends with: Anupalabdhisama.

Full-text: Anupalabdhisama.

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