One of the two sophisms on the irrelevancy of the notion
‘cause’; viz. arguing that if a cause is stated the charac-
teristics of which cannot be proved--as by saying that
the Śyena sacrifice inflicts pain on enemies--, such charac-
teristics prevent a cause from proving the effect, i. e. from
being a valid cause; (‘yadi cāprāptaṃ liṅgaṃ sādhyabuddhiṃ janayati
sādhyābhāvabuddhimeva kiṃ tena na janayet’); the refutation is:
that such a cause is nevertheless valid, since it is an ideal
cause, mentioned in the Veda.--For the other sophism
on the irrelevancy of cause see prāptisama. E. aprāpti and
sama. (For the gender of this word and the ellipsis required
to explain it, see the etym. of anityasama.)