Anumānābhāsa

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anumānābhāsa (T. rjes dpag ltar snang རྗེས་དཔག་ལྟར་སྣང་; C. biliang 比量) is an incorrect or mistaken inference (anumāna).[1][2]

Ives Waldo states:

merely apparent inference [in establishing one's thesis, having presented a faulty sbyor ba (argument), contradictory/faulty reasoning arises][1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Internet-icon.svg རྗེས་དཔག་ལྟར་སྣང་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. ↑ Chinese translation is from: Lee, S. (2015). Redefining the “Dharma Characteristics School” in East Asian Yogācāra Buddhism. The Eastern Buddhist, 46(2), 41–60. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26274149
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