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 (25): Criticism (upālaṃbha)
Criticism (upālaṃbha) denotes the act of pointing out the fallacies of reason in a debate.[1]
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[1]:
upālaṃbho nāma hetordoṣavacanaṃ. CS,Vimāna - sthāna, VIII. 59.