Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t2.52

v1.c7.s7.t2.52

As for erroneous dispute, the *Tarka sastra* says under “Occasions for Rebuke”, “there are 22 occasions for rebuke”, which are consistent with those in the *Nyaya Sutra*, also including: (1) hurting the proposition, (2) shifting the proposition, (3) opposing the proposition, (4) renouncing the proposition, (5) shifting the reason, (6) shifting the topic, (7) the meaningless, (8) the unintelligible, (9) the incoherent, (10) the inopportune, (11) saying too little, (12) saying too much, (13) repetition, (14) silence, (15) ignorance, (16) non-ingenuity, (17) evasion, (18) admission of an opinion, (19) overlooking the censurable, (20) censuring the non-censurable, (21) deviating from a tenet, and (22) the semblance of a reason.