Alternative spellings of this word include Vakchhala.

In Buddhism

Buddhist philosophy

Source: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)

Vākchala (वाक्छल) refers to “quibble in respect of a term” and represents one of the various types of Hetvābhāsa (“fallacy”) (within a debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.—Hetvābhāsa (‘the fallacies’) signify reasons which are derived form an imperfect perception, inference, or comparison, or which deviate from the scripture. [...] The quibble in respect of a term (vākchala),  e.g. “a man pretends to use the term nava-kambala in the sense of nine blankets while he really means a new blanket”.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vākchala (वाक्छल).—n.

(-laṃ) Prevarication, equivocation. E. vāk speech, chala disguise, fraud.

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

1) Vākchala (वाक्छल):—[=vāk-chala] [from vāk > vāc] n. the mere semblance of a voice, [Kādambarī] (sg. or [plural]) untruthful talk, [Harivaṃśa] ([varia lectio]), [Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [v.s. ...] prevarication or perversion of the words of an opponent in disputation, [Nyāyasūtra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vākchala (वाक्छल):—[vāk-chala] (laṃ) 1. n. Prevarication.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vakchala in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Chala, Vak, Cala.

Starts with: Vakchalanvita.

Ends with: Savakchala.

Full-text: Vakchalanvita, Savakchala, Chalokti, Samanyacchala, Hetvabhasa, Abhipraya, Chala.

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