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  2. Jaina seven-valued logic - Wikipedia

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    The Saptabhangivada, the seven predicate theory may be summarized as follows: [4]. The seven predicate theory consists in the use of seven claims about sentences, each preceded by "arguably" or "conditionally" (syat), concerning a single object and its particular properties, composed of assertions and denials, either simultaneously or successively, and without contradiction.

  3. Madhyamaka - Wikipedia

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    Much of Madhyamaka philosophy centers on showing how various essentialist ideas have absurd conclusions through reductio ad absurdum arguments (known as prasanga in Sanskrit). Chapter 15 of Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā centers on the words svabhava [note 1] parabhava [note 2] bhava [note 3] and abhava. [note 4] According to Peter Harvey:

  4. South Asian riddles - Wikipedia

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    The answers to the first three questions, when combined in the manner of a charade, yield the answer to the fourth question. The first answer is bird ( vi ), the second dog ( çva ), the third sun ( mitra ), and the whole is Viçvamitra , Rama 's first teacher and counselor and a man noted for his outbursts of rage.

  5. Sanskrit literature - Wikipedia

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    While a large number of these works only survive in Tibetan and Chinese translations, many key Buddhist Sanskrit works do survive in manuscript form and are held in numerous modern collections. [124] Sanskrit was the main scholastic language of the Indian Buddhist philosophers in the Vaibhasika, Sautrantika, Madhyamaka and Yogacara schools. [125]

  6. Aṣṭādhyāyī - Wikipedia

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    The above names are composed of the first verbal root in each class followed by ādayaḥ "etc.; and next" – bhv-ādayaḥ thus means "the class starting with bhū". The small number of class 8 verbs are a secondary group derived from class 5 roots, and class 10 is a special case, in that any verb can form class 10 presents, then assuming ...

  7. List of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

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    Yadavabhyudaya: A Sanskrit epic poem by Vedanta Desika on the life and deeds of Krishna. Yoga Sutra ( योग सूत्र ): One of the six darshanas of Hindu or Vedic schools and, alongside the Bhagavad Gita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika , are a milestone in the history of Yoga , compiled sometime between 500 BCE and 400 CE by the sage Patanjali

  8. Sangita Ratnakara - Wikipedia

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    Sangita Ratnakara was written by Śārṅgadeva, also spelled Sarangadeva or Sharangadeva.Śārṅgadeva was born in a Brahmin family of Kashmir. [11] In the era of Islamic invasion of the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent and the start of Delhi Sultanate, his family migrated south and settled in the Hindu kingdom in the Deccan region near Ellora Caves (Maharashtra).

  9. Sphoṭa - Wikipedia

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    Sphoṭa (Sanskrit: स्फोट, IPA: [ˈspʰoːʈɐ]; "bursting, opening", "spurt") is an important concept in the Indian grammatical tradition of Vyakarana, relating to the problem of speech production, how the mind orders linguistic units into coherent discourse and meaning.