Avayava

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avayava (T. yan lag). A branch or limb; member; subdivision or supplement; factor or element.[1]

Avayava is one of the sixteen categories of the Nyaya school. In this context, it refers to the five constituents of a syllogism or logical argument.[2]

Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg yan lag, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. Nagarjuna 2018, p. 41.

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