A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.97

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101 Described (Ca.Vi.8.65) as a situation in which a statement, though thrice repeated, is not understood by the opponent, or questioning when this is not appropriate (ananuyojyasyanuyogah; see G. Oberhammer, 1991: 30), or not questioning when the situation requires this (anuyojyasyānanuyogah; see G. Oberhammer, 1991: 61); Caraka's nigrahasthāna includes pratijñāhāni, abhyanujñā, kālātīta (see G. Oberhammer, E. Prets and J. Prandstetter, 1996: 80–82), ahetu, nyūna, adhika, anarthaka, vyartha (= apārthaka), punarukta, viruddha, hetvantara, and antaratara. The Nyāyasūtra (5.2.1) distinguishes twenty-two varieties of nigrahasthāna. See S. Dasgupta (1975): II, 388; Jyotir Mitra (1982): 97; G. Oberhammer, E. Prets and J. Prandstetter (1996): 129–132; P.V. Sharma (1985): 341; K.H. Potter (1977); E.A. Solomon (1976): 209–270; Y.K. Tripāṭhī (1987): 115–135; S.Ch. Vidyabhusana (1971): 35, 51, 52, 66–67, 269 (a point of defeat or an occasion of rebuke).