Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t2.83

v1.c7.s7.t2.83

*Asadharaṇa-anaikantika* means that a cause is not present in similar and dissimilar cases and thus cannot establish whether the proposition is right. For instance, suppose the proposition is “sound is non-eternal”, the cause is “can be heard”, a similar case is “bottle”, and a dissimilar case is “emptiness”. “Bottle” and “emptiness” all cannot be heard and so, the cause cannot prove that the proposition is right. This actually is the fifth circumstance under the Hetucakra.