Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t13.47

v1.c7.s7.t13.47

“Contradictory reason” refers to the reason contradictory with the proposition. For example say: “The pottery pot is produced, because it is eternal.” Here, the mentioned reason is in contradiction with the proposition, because eternal things could not be produced. Thus this reason could not prove the correctness of the pratijñā.