Utkarshasama, Utkarṣasama, Utkarṣasamā, Utkarsha-sama: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Utkarṣasama and Utkarṣasamā can be transliterated into English as Utkarsasama or Utkarshasama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
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
Utkarṣasama (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).
Utkarṣasama (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]
Utkarṣasama (उत्कर्षसम):—m. im Nyāya das Sophisma: a und b haben eine Eigenschaft mit einander gemein , folglich auch eine andere. [Gotama's Nyāyadarśana 5,1,4.] [Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha 114,10.]
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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