Philosophy of Charaka-samhita

by Asokan. G | 2008 | 88,742 words

Ayurveda, represented by Charaka and Sushruta, stands first among the sciences of Indian intellectual tradition. The Charaka-samhita, ascribed to the great celebrity Charaka, has got three strata. (1) The first stratum is the original work composed by Agnivesha, the foremost of the six disciples of Punarvasu Atreya. He accomplished the work by coll...

Dialectical terms (7): Application (upanaya)

Application (upanaya) is the fourth member of the syllogism. Caraka does not give a definition of application beyond exemplifying it. We can conclude from the given illustration that application is a statement showing that the minor term (pakṣa) of inference has the reason of inference which is invariably related to the thing that is sought to be established. It is in conformity with this that Akṣapāda defines application as wrapping up with reference to the example of what is to be proved in the form of “as being so” or “as being not so”.[1] This is further attested by Praśastapāda who calls it anusandheya.[2]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

udāharaṇāpekṣastathetyupasamharo na tatheti vā sādhysyopanayaḥ. Nyāyasūtra., 1.i. 38.

[2]:

nidarsane'numeyasāmānyena saha dṛṣṭasya liṅgasāmanyamanumeye'nvayamanusandhānaṃ. Praśastapādabhāṣya., p. 606.

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