E. anitya unusual, and sama same.
Wrongly generalizing the predicament of perishableness i. e.
a sophism on perishableness; viz. arguing perishableness
from the reason that every thing is perishable because it
shares in some qualities with other things which are pe-
rishable. E. anitya and sama (in the sense of jāti, sophism);
the masc. form of this word is explained according to some,
by the ellipsis of pratiṣedha or contradiction, as a Sūtra in
the Nyāya treating on a sophism is always followed by
another containing the refutation; or, according to others,
by the ellipsis of vikalpa (in the sense of vividhaḥ kalpaḥ
i. e. prakāraḥ or variousness), there being various sophisms,
viz. twenty-four; or according to others, by the ellipsis of
prayoga i. e. a (logical) proceeding which likens or produces
the plausibility of perishableness; or the word is taken as
a Bahuvr. with the ellipsis of prayoga i. e. a logical proceeding
in which perishableness is likened (viz. made plausible).--
As a feminine, °samā is taken in the sense of jāti, sophism.
m. (-maḥ) Arguing by illustration, not by logical rule.
E. anitya
unusual, and sama same.