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Download Solution PDFWhen the middle term is related to a minor term that stands not for any definite individual or class of individuals, but indefinitely for all objects is known as
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Download Solution PDFIn Savyabhichara Hetvabhasa, the middle term is not uniformly but irregularly related to the major term. It is a defective hetu.
Key Points
- Savyabhichara Hetvabhasa is of three types:-
- Sadharana Savyabhichara
- Asadharana Savyabhichara
- Anupasamhari Savyabhichara
- Anupasamhari Savyabhichara occurs when the middle term is non-exclusive.
- The minor term is all-inclusive and leaves nothing by the way of sapaksha and vipaksha.
- An example of Anupasamhari is all things are non-eternal because they are knowable.
When the middle term is related to a minor term that stands not for any definite individual or class of individuals, but indefinitely for all objects is known as Anupasamhari Savyabhichara.
Additional Information
- Sadharana Savyabhichara occurs when the middle term is too wide in nature.
- Asadharana Savyabhichara occurs when the middle term is non-exclusive.
- Viruddha occurs when we have a contradictory middle term.
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