apakarṣasama

apakarṣasama Tatpur. m. f. (-maḥ-mā) (In the Nyāya philosophy.)

The sophism of the non-existence of qualities; viz. arguing,

that because two things have one quality not in common,

they will have none in common; e. g. sound and a jar being

both artificially produced are perishable; now the sophism

in question would consist in concluding: that because sound

has not the quality of shape, which belongs to jar, or because

a jar does not refer to the sense of hearing as sound does,

sound and jar are neither artificially produced nor perishable.

E. apakarṣa and sama. (With respect to the gender of this word

and the ellipsis required to explain it, see the E. of anityasama.)

apa-karṣa—sama mf(ā) a sophism in the Nyāya (e.g. ‘sound has not the quality of shape as a jar has, therefore sound and a jar have no qualities in common’).

apakarṣasama m. im Nyāya das Sophisa: a und b haben eine Eigenschaft gemein , folgt fehlt auch beiden eine andere Eigenschaft. NYĀYAM. 5,1,4. SARVAD. 114,10.

apakarṣasama Z. 2 lies: folglich [st. folgt] und Z. 3 Nyāyas. [st. Nyāyam.].