Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t14.3

c6.s5.t14.3

Jayarāśi had adopted a specific methodology for demotion of any system of thought resting on discursive analysis. He would present a number of alternatives for any category and then taking each one by one would show the impossibility of each one. He cited Dharmakīrti’s definition of perception (*pratyakṣam kalpanāpauḍhaṁ*—*Nyāyabindu* I.4) and then gave twelve alternatives for *kalpanā* and refuted them all.¹³⁰