A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Hetvabhasa
This page describes Hetvabhasa which is located on page 22 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Hetvabhasa” according to 16 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system [by Babu C. D]
Akinchitakara hetvabhasa is propounded by Manikyanandi in his famous work Pariksha mukham. It states that “akinchitakara (hetvabhasa) consists of hetu in connection with sadhya (major term) which had already been established and which is opposed by pratyaksha”....
Read full contents: Chapter 3.7 - Fallacies of Inference
Anumana in Indian Philosophy [by Sangita Chakravarty]
Fallacy (Hetvabhasa). In Indian logic, fallacy is called hetvabhasa. Hetvabhasa is defined as something which seems to be a true hetu but which is wrong and which prevents us from arriving at an anumana. Literally speaking, hetvabhasa means a fallacious reason which looks like a hetu but is not hetu (hetuvadabhasate iti. . . ) . In the Tarkasamgrahadipika, hetvabhasa is defined as that which is the subject of a right knowledge that prevents a judgment. S. C....
Read full contents: (F). Fallacy (Hetvabhasa)
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) [by Diptimani Goswami]
Hetvabhasa (Fallacy): Hetvabhasa is that which is not a real hetu or reason of an inference, but appear as the hetu. According to Gautama those are known as hetvabhasas (fallacies) of a reason which are erratic, contradictory, and same to the question, unproved and mistimed. Chala (Quibble): Chala is a kind of playing upon words, ideas and metaphors. One says a sentence in a certain meaning, but the opponent changes the meaning of the sentence to show it as fallacious....
Read full contents: Categories in the Nyaya system
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