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The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

An English translation of one of the five great Tamil classics, a story of Buddhist virtues, magical powers and philosophy; along with a detailed study of the text.

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284 - Buddhist Logic<br />

the generality nor any other attribute what is stated to exist in the<br />

Dharmin or the minor term, is made to be non-existent, and thus<br />

becomes contradictory.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fourth consists in the establishment of the non-existence of the<br />

attributes in the Dharmin or the minor term. In the example given<br />

above, the Bhava or existence is the doing and the quality of the doer.<br />

Since this is contradicted, it may also be taken as contradicting that<br />

which is predicated in the middle term.<br />

Fallacious Example<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are what are called<br />

or examples containing<br />

fallacies. It was already stated that is of two kinds, namely,<br />

Sādharmya and [216] Vaidharmya (or homogeneous and<br />

heterogeneous). Of these the former is of five kinds:–<br />

(1) Sādhanadharmavikalam, or imperfect middle;<br />

(2) Sādhyadharmavikalam, defective major term;<br />

(3) Ubhayadharmavikalam, defective major and middle;<br />

(4) Ananvayam, non-concomitance, and<br />

(5) Viparīta-anvayam (contradictory concomitance)<br />

Similarly heterogeneous example is also of five kinds, namely:–<br />

(1) Sādhya- (not heterogeneous from the opposite of the<br />

major term);<br />

(2) Sādhana- (not heterogeneous from the opposite of the<br />

middle term);<br />

(3) Ubhaya- (heterogeneous from neither the opposite of the<br />

middle term nor the opposite of the major term);<br />

(4) Avyatirēkha (a heterogeneous example showing the absence of<br />

disconnection between the middle term and the major term);

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