The Compendium of Caraka 3.8.27
Carakasaṃhitā 3.8.27
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3.8.27
imāni tu khalu padāni *bhiṣagvādamārgajñānārthamadhigamyāni bhavanti; tadyathā---vādaḥ, dravyaṃ, guṇāḥ, karma, sāmānyaṃ, viśeṣaḥ, samavāyaḥ, pratijñā, sthāpanā, pratiṣṭhāpanā, hetuḥ, dṛṣṭāntaḥ, upanayaḥ, nigamanam, uttaraṃ, siddhāntaḥ, śabdaḥ, pratyakṣam, anumānam, aitihyam, aupamyaṃ, saṃśayaḥ, prayojanaṃ, savyabhicāraṃ, jijñāsā, vyavasāyaḥ, arthaprāptiḥ, saṃbhavaḥ, anuyojyam, ananuyojyam, anuyogaḥ, pratyanuyogaḥ, vākyadoṣaḥ, vākyapraśaṃsā, chalam, ahetuḥ, atītakālam, upālambhaḥ, parihāraḥ, pratijñāhāniḥ, abhyanujñā, hetvantaram, arthāntaraṃ, nigrahasthānamiti//
Now, these terms are indeed to be mastered for the sake of knowing the path of debate for physicians; that is to say: debate, substance, qualities, action, generality, particularity, inherence, proposition, establishment, counter-establishment, reason, example, application, conclusion, rejoinder, established tenet, verbal testimony, direct perception, inference, tradition, analogy, doubt, purpose, erratic reasoning, inquiry, ascertainment, presumption, probability, question-worthy, not question-worthy, questioning, counter-questioning, flaw of speech, excellence of speech, quibble, non-reason, mistimed statement, objection, refutation, abandonment of proposition, concession, shift of reason, shift of topic, and point of defeat.
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- Jalpakalpataru — Gaṅgādhara Kaviratna 1860, Sanskrit