Utkarshasama, Utkarṣasama, Utkarṣasamā, Utkarsha-sama: 4 definitions
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Utkarshasama means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Utkarṣasama and Utkarṣasamā can be transliterated into English as Utkarsasama or Utkarshasama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Buddhist philosophy
Source: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)Utkarṣasama (उत्कर्षसम) or simply Utkarṣa refers to “balancing the excess” and represents one of the various kinds of Jāti (“analogue” or “far-fetched analogy”) (in debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUtkarṣasama (उत्कर्षसम).—A kind of fallacy attributing similar qualities to two objects because they have one quality in common; e. g. affirming that a sound has a shape like a jar because both are perishable.
Derivable forms: utkarṣasamaḥ (उत्कर्षसमः).
Utkarṣasama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms utkarṣa and sama (सम).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUtkarṣasama (उत्कर्षसम):—[=ut-karṣa-sama] [from ut-karṣa > ut-kṛṣ] m. a kind of fallacy (attributing similar qualities to two objects because they have one quality in common ; e.g. affirming that a sound has a shape like a jar because both are perishable), [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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