Viparitavetirekam, Viparītavetirēkam, Viparita-vetirekam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Viparītavetirēkam (விபரீதவெதிரேகம்) [viparīta-vetirēkam] < viparīta-vyatirēka. (Logic.) A fallacious instance in which the relation of pervasion between the non-existence of the major term and that of the middle term is stated in the inverse order, one of five vaitaṉmiya-tiṭṭānta-p-pōli, q.v.; வைதன்மியதிட்டாந்தப்போலி ஐந்தனுள் வெதிரேகவாக்கியத்தை மாறுபடச் சொல்லுகை. [vaithanmiyathittanthappoli ainthanul vethiregavakkiyathai marupadas sollugai.] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 29, 460.) (அனுமான விளக்கம் [anumana vilakkam] 47.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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