Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s1.5
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s1.5
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c7.s1.5
The statement of *sādhya* (probandum) is *pratijñā*. The cause or probans for proving the probandum by similarity or dissimilarity is *hetu*. *Udāharaṇa* is *dṛṣṭānta* having similarity with the probandum. Application of the illustration is *upanaya*. Reaffirming the statement of probandum on the basis of justification from *hetu* and *upanaya* is *nigamana*.⁹