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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upapattisama (उपपत्तिसम).—(in logic) a kind of contradiction in which both the contradictory ascertions are supposed to be demonstrable (e. g. sound is eternal because it is produced; it is eternal because it is not tangible). Nyāyadarśana.

Derivable forms: upapattisamaḥ (उपपत्तिसमः).

Upapattisama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upapatti and sama (सम).

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

Upapattisama (उपपत्तिसम):—[=upa-patti-sama] [from upa-patti > upa-pad] m. (in [logic]) a kind of contradiction in which both the contradicting assertions are supposed to be demonstrable (e.g. sound is uneternal, because it is produced; it is eternal, because it is not tangible), [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: Upapatti, Cama, Sama.

Starts with: Upapattisamaprakarana.

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