Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t13.49

v1.c7.s7.t13.49

“Un-proved reason” refers to the proposed reason itself needs to be proved like the proposition. For example say: “The shadow is an entity, because it has movement.” Here, whether there is movement of shadow needs to be proved itself, thus could not be used as reason to justify the pratijñā. The inference could not be established.