Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t2.74

v1.c7.s7.t2.74

Hetucakra was used by neo-*Hetuvidya* thinkers to decide whether a cause is right or not. A “cause” that satisfies *pakṣa* has nine possibilities with sapakṣa and vipakṣa: (1) + sapakṣa, + vipakṣa, (2) + sapakṣa, – vipakṣa, (3) + sapakṣa, ± vipakṣa, (4) – sapakṣa, + vipakṣa, (5) – sapakṣa, – vipakṣa, (6) – sapakṣa, ± vipakṣa, (7) ± sapakṣa, + vipakṣa, (8) ± sapakṣa, – vipakṣa, and (9) ± sapakṣa, ± vipakṣa