Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.41

c8.s5.41

In fact, Dharmakīrti utilizes the concept of inference to disapprove the idea of *jāti* (universal) as proposed by the orthodox Naiyāyikas on one hand, and to support the concept of *kṣaṇikatva* (momentariness) on the other. He devotes a major portion of his *Hetubindu* to prove the invariable concomitance *yat sat tat kṣaṇikam* (whatever that exists, is momentary) and also to the theory of *pratītyasamutpāda* (dependent origination). An effect is produced by a cause and subsequently functions as the cause for another effect, this chain of causality subsists in a series of *samartha kāraṇas* (capable causes).⁴⁷