Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [53 of 121]
Chapter 5.4 – The Fallacious argument (kutarka) [9 of 32]
Nature of a fallacious argument[1] [1 of 10]
- It is almost entirely of the nature of an incorrect refutation (hetvābhāsa = jātiprāya)
- It stands contradictory with findings of the direct observation.
- It gives rise to many confusions in the process of concluding any proposition.
- With help of a fallacious argument, which is chiefly based on illustration everything can be said to be present everywhere.
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[1] a. jātiprāyaśca sarvo'yaṃ, pratītipha labādhitaḥ |
hastī..........,...........||91||
b. savarṃ sarvatra cā''pnoti, yadasmādasamañjasam | ................,............||97||
c. dṛṣṭāntamātraṃ sarvatra, yadevaṃ sulabhaṃ kṣitau | .................,..........||95||
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya.