Dṛṣṭānta
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dṛṣṭānta (T. dpe) is translated as "example," "analogy," "comparison," etc.[1]
In some schools of Buddhist logic, the "example" is the 4th term of a syllogism.[1]
Dṛṣṭānta is also one of the sixteen categories of the Nyaya school. In this context it is an example used to support a logical argument.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
dpe, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Nagarjuna 2018, p. 110.
Sources
- Nagarjuna (2018), Crushing the Categories (Vaidalyaprakarana), translated by Westerhoff, Jan, Wisdom Publications