The Compendium of Caraka 3.8.56_2

3.8.56_2

tatra vākchalaṃ nāma yathā---kaścidbrūyāt---navatantre 'ayaṃ bhiṣagiti, atha bhiṣag brūyāt---nāhaṃ navatantra ekatantro 'ahamiti; paro brūyāt---nāhaṃ bravīmi nava tantrāṇi taveti, api tu navābhyastaṃ te tantramiti; bhiṣak brūyāt---na mayā navābhyastaṃ tantram, anekadhā 'abhyastaṃ mayā tantramiti; etadvākchalam/

Among them, verbal quibble is, for instance, if someone should say: 'This physician is nava-tantra [possessing nine treatises, or novice in treatises]'; then the physician should say: 'I am not nava-tantra [possessing nine treatises]; I follow one treatise.' The opponent should say: 'I did not say you have nine treatises, but rather that the treatise was studied newly [nava] by you.' The physician should say: 'The treatise was not studied newly by me; the treatise has been studied many times by me.' This is verbal quibble.