Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t2.70

v1.c7.s7.t2.70

*Pakṣa* means that it should be present in the case or object under consideration, the ‘subject-locus’. Take an example from the *Nyāyapravea*, the cause’s attribute must be present in “sound” (as the object). Such an attribute can be present in many things, but “sound” must have it.