Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.83

c16.83

*Hetvābhāsa* means “specious arguments, paralogisms, and sophisms. These are *Savyabhichāra*, arguments that prove too much; *Viruddha*, arguments which prove the reverse; *Prakaraṇasama*, that tell equally on both sides; *Sādhyasama*, that stand themselves in need of proof, and *Kālātīta*, mistimed” [Max Müller].