Savyabhicara, ⲹ: 9 definitions
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Savyabhicara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Savyabhichara.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsⲹ (सव्यभिचा�):—[ⲹm] The statement which conveys the multiple implications

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Buddhist philosophy
: Google Books: A History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Philosophy)ⲹ (सव्यभिचा�) refers to the “erratic reason� or “undistributed middle term� and represents one of the various types of ٱ (“fallacy�) (within a debate), according to Upāyakauśalyahṛdaya, an ancient work on the art of debate composed by Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna.—ٱ� (‘the fallacies�) signify reasons which are derived form an imperfect perception, inference, or comparison, or which deviate from the scripture. [...] The erratic reason or undistributed middle term (ⲹ), e.g., “to say that all external things are non-eternal is to employ an erratic reason, because the sky is an external thing which is eternal�
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryⲹ (सव्यभिचा�).—One of the five main divisions of ٱ (in logic), a too general middle term; for explanation, see अनैकान्तिक (ԲԳپ첹).
Derivable forms: ⲹ� (सव्यभिचारः).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (सव्यभिचा�).—m.
(-�) A reason or argument that is locally incompatible with the conclusion to be drawn from it; a Hetu that is too general, (in logic.) E. sa with, ⲹ irrelevancy.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (सव्यभिचा�).—m. a too general middle term (as fire to prove smoke).
ⲹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and ⲹ (व्यभिचार).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) ⲹ (सव्यभिचा�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[nyāya] Pheh. 13.
—by Gadādhara q. v.
—by Mathurānātha. Peters. 3, 391.
2) ⲹ (सव्यभिचा�):—[nyāya] Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 105.
—by Jagadīśa. Stein 141.
3) ⲹ (सव्यभिचा�):—[nyāya] by Gadādhara. Cs 3, 466. 467 (inc.).
—by Jagadīśa. Cs 3, 262 ([fragmentary]). 468 (inc.).
1) ⲹ (सव्यभिचा�):—[=sa-ⲹ] [from sa > sa-vaṃś�] mfn. idem
2) [v.s. ...] m. (in [philosophy]) an argument wide of the mark or incompatible with the conclusion drawn from it, an allegation proving too much (one of the Hetv-ābhāsas q.v.), a too general middle term (as ‘fire� to prove smoke), [Nyāyasūtra; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of various Nyāya works.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryⲹ (सव्यभिचा�):—[sa-ⲹ] (�) 1. m. An inconsistent argument. a. Adulterous.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vyabhicara, Caya.
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Dialectical terms (13): Inconclusive reason (ⲹ) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
Dialectical terms (23): Fallacies of reason (ahetu) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
Dialectical terms [in Charaka philosophy] < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
The Nyaya theory of Knowledge (by Satischandra Chatterjee)
Part 2 - The fallacy of Savyabhicara or the Irregular Middle < [Chapter 14 - The Fallacies of Inference (anumana)]
Part 3 - The fallacy of Viruddha or the Contradictory Middle < [Chapter 14 - The Fallacies of Inference (anumana)]
Part 4 - The fallacy of Prakarana-sama or the Counteracted Middle < [Chapter 14 - The Fallacies of Inference (anumana)]
Anumana in Indian Philosophy (by Sangita Chakravarty)
(F). Fallacy (ٱ) < [Chapter 2 - Treatment of Anumāna in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy]
(D). The Fallacy of Anumāna (in Mīmāṃsā-Vedānta Philosophy) < [Chapter 4 - Treatment of Anumāna in Mīmāṃsā-Vedānta Philosophy]
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system (by Babu C. D)
Chapter 4.3.5 - Navya Nyaya (e): Five types of defective reasoning (hetvabhasa)
Chapter 3.7 - Fallacies of Inference
Chapter 4.2.4 - The Prakaranas (d): Nyayalilavati by Vallabhacarya
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 430 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 20 - Acquirement of debating devices < [Chapter VIII - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy]
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