Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [47 of 121]
Chapter 5.4 – The Fallacious argument (kutarka) [3 of 32]
Let us see now what Haribhadrasūrisūri says about definition, nature and characteristics of the deadly grip of the fallacious argument. Haribhadrasūrisūri defines a fallacious argument as a mere arrangement of alternatives. Majority of these alternatives are closely related with ignorance.[1]
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[1] avidyāsaṅgatāḥ prāyo, vikalpāḥ sarva eva yat |
tadyayojanātmakaścaiṣa, kutarka: kimanena tat ||90JJ
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya